[xyproto]

Why did Julia select a package naming convention that makes every project name look like a filename?

[eigenspace]

It makes a julia package name very recognizable and easily searchable. It's actually something I really miss when I'm trying to look up packages in other languages.

[NeuroCoder]

I thought that was weird too but then I realized it was on of the most useful tools for searching stuff online and getting exactly what I wanted.

[stackghost]

Presumably for similar reasons to JavaScript, with names like Next.js, etc.

[infogulch]

Imagine searching for Plots.jl, Symbolics.jl, CUDA.jl if they didn't have the ".jl". I wish more package ecosystems used a convention like this.