"All indexing in Julia is 1-based"
I once designed/implemented a language where the biggest mistake I made was using 1-based indexing. At first it looked like it was going to be easier to understand/use but 0-based indexing is actually much more convenient when dealing with indexes arithmetic.
PS: the "metaprogramming" stuff is fabulous.
Julia is the subject of today's http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/
The webcast is delayed and there's always something interesting that happens after the camera goes off.
Is V8 really faster than NumPy and R? Interesting..
ViralBShah: your account was shadow-banned in the last discussion 10 days ago.
(No reason I can see to ban one of the authors. Check logged out or from another account with "showdead" on.)
Is there some reason they neglect to compare against Mathematica? Seems like a glaring omission to me.
Again?
Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3606380
Their site is down right now, so the 10 day old comments might be able to satisfy some amount of curiosity.