[lmm]

> I'm sure people will become more critical of Julia if it successfully becomes the de facto for those things but there's a big difference in that Julia is very focused on those things whereas Python is trying to be as general purpose as possible

I see that as more of a point in Python's favour than Julia's. IME languages that are designed as general-purpose languages tend to be better than languages that are designed for niche purposes, even within those niches. The things that make a language good require consistent, general thinking.

[culi]

Right but Julia is specifically built against the criticisms made about Python in those spaces. All I'm saying is within that space there's gonna be less to critique