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by rasbt 3946 days ago
Thanks for the comment (I am the author of this article).

> I have a feeling the author will find their way to Julia-land eventually, in a couple of years or so.

I have a strong feeling that this will eventually happen :). In an ideal, less busy, world, I would love to use Julia alongside to explore and battle-test it further. Or even develop useful packages, libraries, and functions for it. The truth is, I am currently lacking the time to do that :(. I mean, Python works for me, and I am currently more into the scientific problem solving so that I don't have the time :(. When I say that Python works for me I mean that I am currently happy since it can do everything for me I need, however, this doesn't mean that Julia couldn't do certain things better ;).

Anyways, I really like your comment. I am wondering if you would be okay with it if I include it in a "Other people's experiences and opinions" section at the bottom. I think this would be extremely helpful for people who are new to the "data science field" -- my article is strongly biased towards Python as you noticed :P

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I think that the popularity of julia is exploding (but I'm biased - am writing an... interesting library for julia right now).

"There is really nothing wrong with R"

I think there is one thing wrong with R - it's name. Pretty much impossible to quickly google for help on it.

Sure, go ahead!