On Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 4:00:40 PM UTC, [email protected] wrote: > People looking at dylan today (may be because it is mentioned whenever > multiple dispatch is discussed) may be inclined to evaluate it for > numerical programming applications and compare it with other languages in > the same domain. > While it is possible for dylan to to used in this domain with additional > libraries like those present in python, dylan can make a big impact in > the server side QQ frameworks dominated currently by Java and PHP,which > have grown to monstrous pro[portions in size and complexity.With its CLOS > style OO it can dramatically reduce code size and increase the power of > such frameworks. >
I thought Dylan was effectively dead.. Anyway, if not, I assumed Julia has all(?) of the good qualities (and none of the drawbacks?) of Dylan. At least, the multiple dispatch. Not too familiar with the "CLOS style OO", but would it or Dylan be better for anything such as GUI development? Karpinski commented: "If you want to build a portable GUI app and numerical work and performance isn't really a big concern, Python seems like a sensible, mature choice." Still, valid. SInce then 0.4.0 is out. And Cxx.jl that allows you to call C++ [GUI libraries]. What is the status now, is Julia ideal now for say, Qt GUI work? -- Palli.
