+1 – check out Dylan, it's a cool language that shares a lot with Julia. On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Bruce Mitchener <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stefan, > > Thanks! I was trying to find a constructive way to respond to what was > said here. If anyone is curious about Dylan, we aren't close to dead, much > less dead, and we are happy to talk in the proper venues. We are a quiet > community busy doing good things. > > - Bruce > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 12, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Stefan Karpinski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >
