A Taste of Julia

Offered By: ACCU Conference via YouTube

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Explore the innovative programming language Julia in this ACCU 2016 conference talk by Didier Verna. Discover how Julia, developed at MIT, combines high-level functionality with high-performance capabilities for scientific computing. Learn about Julia's roots in Scheme, Common Lisp, and Dylan, potentially positioning it as a new Lisp dialect. Delve into the language's prominent features, with a particular focus on its Lisp-like characteristics. Understand how Julia leverages modern optimization techniques for dynamic languages, including its LLVM-based JIT compiler. Gain insights into how Julia sometimes surpasses existing alternatives in the Lisp family. This 1-hour and 37-minute presentation offers a comprehensive introduction to Julia's unique attributes and its potential impact on scientific computing and programming paradigms.

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'A Taste of Julia' - Didier Verna [ ACCU 2016 ]

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