[NicolasL-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.

Julia is a general purpose language, while being the best tool for scientific computing.

[lmm]

As a general purpose language it seems very limited/immature, if you look at trying to run e.g. a http server in it.