[stellalo]

> Tbh, from the subsequent manual listing it's not even clear it's a math-focused programming language

It’s true that the majority of the Julia community comes from a scientific or engineering background, and this is reflected in the package ecosystem and some of the “embedded” language features for technical computing. However I feel like stressing Julia as a “technical language” any more than it currently is may scare away people that may want to use it for other purposes, such as a general purpose scripting language.

Now more than ever before, with the improved code caching in 1.9, Julia lends itself perfectly for interactive usage and day-to-day scripting.

[goerz]

I’m a heavy Julia user, and I love the language, but I really wouldn’t recommend it as a “general purpose scripting language”. Pushing the idea that it is will only lead to disappointment in new users. Julia is very much a language for scientific computing, in the broadest sense.