I would title this blog post by Doug Bates: "Julia: Fast for Free" http://dmbates.blogspot.com/2012/05/simple-gibbs-example-in-julia.html … The Julia team is doing amazing work!
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Replying to @seanjtaylor
@seanjtaylor my biggest scepticism about julia is about the free-ness - how have they overcome the perf probs of every other dynamic lang?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hadleywickham
@hadleywickham@seanjtaylor Julia's performance model is simple: expose machine types and encourage their use.2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
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@johnmyleswhite you could argue that's C's model. what makes Julia different to every other dynamic lang? why is it not too good to be true?5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @hadleywickham
@hadleywickham @johnmyleswhite Julia's performance is not surprising when compared to V8 Javascript, or Lua... esp given sensible numerics.
10:49 AM - 9 Aug 2013
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