My name is Ondřej Čertík, who was quoted in the article.
I did a video interview with the author of the article, but I have not seen any draft prior to publication. When I read it, I wish I was quoted a bit differently, or to put more context into it, not just a short quote. Note that I told this exact quote to @StefanKarpinski several years ago (in person at a NumFOCUS meeting in NYC) and he did not object to it being completely inaccurate.
But it seems that a lot of people in the Julia community do object to this characterization.
Would any of you be willing to do a video call with me to discuss this further, so that next time I mention Julia, I characterize it more accurately?