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Re: What is the outlook for Julia?

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Post by tlmr » Wed, Sep 03, 2014, 8:00 PM UTC

sharmi wrote: post #9

I have been working with python for years. I tried Julia a few months back. The core language is well designed but the surrounding libraries are still far from mature. I found myself dipping into python through pycall for basic needs like URL downloading. That said, I will be going back again :-) The community is very responsive. It used to make me wonder whether the core team ever took a break. TLDR if you are willi…

Appreciate your input. Sounds like I am better off sticking with python for the time being.

Re: What is the outlook for Julia?

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Post by antman » Thu, Sep 04, 2014, 7:40 AM UTC

ihnorton wrote: post #6

antman wrote: post #3

I dont think they can yet interopt. I would try zeromq there is some example code for both. Julia is improving rapidly and it has lots of tools, but only for data analysis. If you want create a web service for exampe you are better off with Python.

PyCall has been used for a significant range of Python packages (from libraries like scikit and NLTK to PyQt). https://github.com/stevengj/PyCall.jl

I meant that the problem is calling Julia from Python. Thus the webservice example. Python makes it easier to have a frontend, in flask or django and it would be nice if you could call Julia background services easier.

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