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RivieraKid | karma 4079 | avg karma 2.2 · 2020-07-25 19:36:05

Yes. I really like Julia but I wish there was language that had all of the advantages of Julia but none of the drawbacks (for me it's lack of static typing, function(object) vs the more readable object.function(), 1-based indexing).

dunefox | karma 3033 | avg karma 2.37 · 2020-07-26 09:11:03

The indexing really isn't a problem in practice after a while. function(object) isn't just a readability thing, it's due to multiple dispatch which is ingenious. Lack of static typing, well... yeah.

RivieraKid | karma 4079 | avg karma 2.2 · 2020-07-26 16:35:54+00:00

Most of the problems I've seen that multiple dispatch solves can be solved with extensions.

dunefox | karma 3033 | avg karma 2.37 · 2020-07-27 09:24:20

And everything can be implemented in assembly, that doesn't mean that there aren't superior alternatives.