: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. >>> >>
