[Crib-list] TODAY: SPEAKER: Alan Edelman on Julia: Thurs., March 31st @ 12Noon in 37-212

[Shirley Entzminger]

     Distinguished Seminar Series in Computational Science and Engineering


TODAY:		Thursday, March 31st | 12:00 PM | 37-212*


TITLE:          Julia Fast, Flexible and Fun


SPEAKER:        Alan Edelman (MIT- Mathematics Department)


ABSTRACT:

With perhaps 150,000 users, Julia's popularity is growing very fast. One.
newspaper even listed Julia as one of the skills that can lead to a higher
salary.

In this talk, I will explain why Julia is fast, flexible, and fun. Simply
put, the older computer languages such as Fortran and C were built for the
computer. Modern technical languages have been built for humans. Julia
strikes the proper balance for 2016 and the future, enabling humans and
computers to cooperate.

With Julia, users get past the notion that a computer language is just a
means to an end. Julia's flexibility gives users power that they did not
even know they wanted, but once learned there is no turning back.

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