>> The belief that Yet Another Programming Language is the answer to the >> world's problems is a persistent, but (IMNSHO) a naive one.
Some people might think that applies to Raku. Not me, but some people. On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 2:09 PM Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Who initiated the project, and why? > What deficiencies in existing languages are they trying to address? > > The belief that Yet Another Programming Language is the answer to the > world's problems is a persistent, but (IMNSHO) a naive one. > > On 12/8/19, Andrew Shitov <a...@shitov.ru> wrote: > > Let’s not hide the fact that Julia development raised 4.6 million dollars > > and the language is production-ready. > > > > On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 at 12:46, JJ Merelo <jjmer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> It might have been, but syntax is more Python-like to the point that in > >> some cases it's exactly the same. It's got a very extensive macro > >> systems, > >> which enables it to work concurrently, for instance. It's more > >> scientific-computing oriented, which means that there are all sort of > >> mathematical modules for it, and not so many for web, databases, or > >> things > >> like that. > >> > >> El dom., 8 dic. 2019 a las 4:38, Tom Blackwood (<tom.blkw...@gmail.com > >) > >> escribió: > >> > >>> Hello > >>> > >>> How do you think of Julia language? > >>> > >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(programming_language) > >>> > >>> It says it is also influenced by perl language. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> JJ > >> > > -- > > Andrew Shitov > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > a...@shitov.ru | http://shitov.ru > > >
