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Rijanhastwoears | 12 days ago
I think what happened is this: Julia got advertised as "Python syntax, C speed" but in practice it turns out to really be "Python syntax, 50% of C speed if you were willing to avoid some semi-well-documented gotchas, where avoiding said gotchas will take some non-trivial effort". Again, great if you are willing to work with it.
I am not saying that the Julia people are responsible for the "Python syntax, C speed" perception as much as that was what the prevalent perception became. And
I have talked to people in computational biology who tried Julia, and they said something or the other similar to "It just wasn't performant enough for me to give up Python," and if you really dig in, what really happened was when new people tried Julia with old mental models, they walked away thinking, "Heh, more MIT hypeware."
leephillips|12 days ago
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.17309
This paper in experimental high-energy physics is a good example of why Julia is popular for scientific calculations.
It shows that #julialang is over 100 times faster than Python and even faster than C++.
Rijanhastwoears|11 days ago
To reiterate, citing studies that show that smoking causes cancer in chain smokers does ... nothing. You are citing studies, but I am not the chain smoker; I am just the guy talking about chain smokers.
One more time, I wish we lived in a world where public perception was swayed by objective studies, but we don't.
Julia is fast, yes, but when a university sys-admin rolls their eyes at hearing its name, you have lost the battle for well and good.
simondanisch|12 days ago