What's bad about Julia?
I have to admit never really dug into Julia.
When it was new I read about it as I was looking for a replacement of python/numpy.
But then I was really repulsed by the fact that array indices don't start at 0.<p>c.f. <a href="https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd08xx/EWD831.PDF" rel="nofollow">https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd08xx/EWD831.PDF</a>