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by kdheepak
1785 days ago
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I was surprised to see this on HN too. Definitely not all of NREL has switched to Julia + JuMP. From what I can tell, Python, MATLAB etc still are quite prominent across the laboratory. And, NREL is a large organization and we are a small team; we don't have much insight into what tools developers decide to choose and why. If anything, it is possible that we've set the precedent that Julia + JuMP can be used for this sort of work. |
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I know Matlab is a good R&D tool (like Mathematica), but it is a little painful for the end user and far too expensive for a lot of industrial users who don't work at a company already entrenched with the ecosystem. I don't want to pay $5k for a database toolbox if you know what I mean. If the code is only for a study though...it probably doesn't matter a whole lot.
Python seems like a good lingua franca and Julia isn't far behind overall. What makes me excited about Julia is that (at least in theory) I can write some blazing fast code without being a systems level programmer and also get the ability to look at the assembly output (just all around cool) and write macros (a la lisp). I doubt I'd ever use macros on serious code, but having the opportunity is a plus. It's a neat design.
Best of luck in your future endeavors.