[kiliantics]

Julia is an attempt at the best of all worlds:

- It is functional (including lisp-like macro programming) but has a strict type system along with multiple dispatch, which effectively allows for OOP constructs.

- It allows for dynamic typing but since it is JIT compiled using LLVM, you can specify static types for variables and thus take advantage of lots of smart optimisation.

- There is garbage collection but also the ability to get right in there and reach into pointers and memory-allocation manually.

It's truly a pleasure to work with once you appreciate what's possible.

[dnautics]

There are no reliability or uptime guarantees though. I wouldn't write a serious Web framework in it (though people have certainly tried)