C[omp]ute

From: andrew cooke <andrew@...>

Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:39:15 -0400

I'm reading about Julia - http://docs.julialang.org

It's fast (LLVM JIT).  It's got multiple dispatch by type (and optional type
annotations / assertions).  Clear, well-defined scoping.  Coroutines.
Abstract, product (composite / record), sum (union) and parametric types (with
subtype constraints) (did I say it's also dynamically typed by default?).  And
(of course) multiple dispatch plus composite types gives you OOP (including
constructors).

Have a look at how they define rational numbers (yes, it has those too):
http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/constructors/#case-study-rational

Oh, and it's got modules (and packages, built on git).  And metaprogramming.
And built-in support for efficient linear algebra.  It supports parallel
computing with message passing.  And direct calls to C and Fortran (including
pointer support).

Wow.  It's a grown-up Python.

Andrew