Some Insights from a Julia Developer
It&#x27;s great and all, but I can&#x27;t justify switching languages for minor improvements over Python + numpy&#x2F;scipy. I&#x27;d be abandoning:<p><pre><code>  * My deep knowledge and experience with Python
  * My entire codebase
  * The ability to work on projects with colleagues who don&#x27;t also switch
  * The certainty that when I leave my current job, someone will be able to pick up after me
  * Zero-based indexing
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I&#x27;ve started to do some work in Rust when it makes sense, since there&#x27;s occasionally a compelling case and it&#x27;s substantially different than Python. Incremental advances in programming languages just aren&#x27;t worth it, and knowing that other people are probably coming to the same conclusion means I can&#x27;t expect a serious community to ever arise around Julia.