will Julia become the new R?
01 Feb 2014
Julia is turning two this month. It’s supposed to be as fast as C and as easy as Python. Here’s what people have been saying about it:
38-page Hacker News discussion of Julia’s pros and cons, comparisons to Python, R, Matlab/Octave, etc.
“Julia breaks down […] the wall between your high-level code and native assembly.”
Julia has powerful abstractions and good performance
If you are curious you can try Julia online before you install it.