The Julia language

Abstract

‘‘Julia in a Nutshell—Julia is fast! Julia was designed from the beginning for high performance. Julia programs compile to efficient native code for multiple platforms via LLVM. Dynamic. Julia is dynamically-typed, feels like a scripting language, and has good support for interactive use. Optionally typed. Julia has a rich language of descriptive datatypes, and type declarations can be used to clarify and solidify programs. General. Julia uses multiple dispatch as a paradigm, making it easy to express many object-oriented and functional programming patterns. The standard library provides asynchronous I/O, process control, logging, profiling, a package manager, and more. Easy to use. Julia has high level syntax, making it an accessible language for programmers from any background or experience level. Open source. Julia is free for everyone to use, and all source code is publicly viewable on GitHub. ‘’—Julia website