Ditto 110% to what Seth and Tom just said... and I only heard of Julia 3 months ago, and started contributing on GitHub less than 2 months ago... I still like C for some things (and Julia interfaces wonderfully with C), but as for any other languages... I'd really prefer to just forget them!)
On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 11:29:33 AM UTC-4, Seth wrote: > > > > On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 9:58:05 AM UTC-5, Tom Breloff wrote: >> >> Will the language change? Yes. Will you have to relearn things? Yes. >> Will new releases break code? Yes. Should you start using Julia now? >> YES! >> >> The language is fairly mature, considering its age. I've been using >> Julia exclusively for 8 months now. I used to do C/C++/Python/R and also >> Java/Matlab. If I never have to program in any of those languages again, >> I'll be a happy man. Commit to learning the "Julian" way of doing things, >> and you won't regret it. >> >> > Just wanted to voice my strong agreement with this response. I, too, > started using Julia exclusively about 8 months ago (after a frustrating > false start). It's a great language that makes it easy to develop working, > fast code. > >
