Thank you, by the way. David.
On Thursday, 5 March 2015 15:17:25 UTC+1, David Higgins wrote: > > :D I suck! > > On Thursday, 5 March 2015 15:14:59 UTC+1, Ivar Nesje wrote: >> >> I'd also like a REPL command which prints out a list of all of the >>> objects currently in memory space (like 'whos' in Octave) >> >> I'd recommend you try the obscurely named whos() in Julia :) >> >> torsdag 5. mars 2015 14.38.05 UTC+1 skrev David Higgins følgende: >>> >>> Oh, and an IDE is the other requirement of my hard core programming >>> brethren. The debugger is higher on their list of priorities, but the IDE >>> is also vital (and one capable of handling projects, etc. we do large scale >>> numerical projects). >>> >>> David. >>> >>> On Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:35:23 UTC+1, David Higgins wrote: >>>> >>>> I agree with many of the comments above. I recommend Julia only to a >>>> subset of my colleagues. From Matlab the barrier to entry is incredibly >>>> low >>>> and you gain on both speed and price, the only argument against is that >>>> Matlab users tend to have years of experience in their one language and >>>> not >>>> such a habit of learning new languages. >>>> >>>> I personally moved from mainly GPGPU based programming using C; despite >>>> the difficulty of that field I found the move painful due to a lack of >>>> detailed documentation (my perception). Don't get me wrong, there's enough >>>> documentation out there to make a decent stab at getting things done. But >>>> I'm used to having a much more nuanced understanding of a language and the >>>> documentation doesn't yet go into this level of detail, nor are there >>>> sufficient examples out there. >>>> >>>> For my colleagues who are strong programmers (Python particularly), >>>> they refuse to touch the language until there's a debugger. At the very >>>> least they want to be able to set breakpoints and run to them. Personally, >>>> I'd also like a REPL command which prints out a list of all of the objects >>>> currently in memory space (like 'whos' in Octave). This seems like a basic >>>> requirement for REPL based numerical programming. >>>> >>>> Julia is elegant and growing strongly, but I'm still quite selective >>>> about who I proselytise to. I have the feeling that it will be so many >>>> times a more comfortable experience in 6-12 months time that I'd rather >>>> not >>>> colour people's early experiences in a negative light if better is soon to >>>> come. >>>> >>>> David. >>>> >>>
