Folks, this is a long-quiescent thread, let's not revive it. These kinds of "which language is better" discussions are not terribly healthy or constructive.
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 10:09 PM, Páll Haraldsson <pall.haralds...@gmail.com > wrote: > On Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 4:00:40 PM UTC, kesa...@gmail.com 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. > >
