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## [Non-existing package MatchedPairs.jl hallucinated by a LLM](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-existing-package-matchedpairs-jl-hallucinated-by-a-llm/96367)

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**Author:** [@ajsagit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ajsagit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-existing-package-matchedpairs-jl-hallucinated-by-a-llm/96367 "2023-03-21T13:53:44Z")

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To install the MatchedPairs package in Julia, you can use the following commands in the Julia REPL: using Pkg Pkg.add("MatchedPairs") Once the package is installed, you can use the following code to use the MatchedPa…

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## [Julia vs Clojure (or other languages \[w/persistent data structures\])](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-clojure-or-other-languages-w-persistent-data-structures/96188)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-clojure-or-other-languages-w-persistent-data-structures/96188 "2023-03-16T18:41:45Z")

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I hate to say it but Clojure seems like a better language for correctness, because everything is immutable (functional), while in Julia containers aren’t (by default). At least for concurrency, then it claims to be the b…

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## [Simple resource logging tool/script for Linux?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-resource-logging-tool-script-for-linux/96040)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-resource-logging-tool-script-for-linux/96040 "2023-03-14T10:53:01Z")

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Hello, I need to evaluate “how much” of my lab computational server resources are actually used (RAM,CPU,disk, network) and which are the bottlenecks before eventually update the server to a bigger one. So, I plan to ha…

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## [Summer Research Opportunity at U Utah](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/summer-research-opportunity-at-u-utah/95898)

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**Author:** [@ben-greenman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ben-greenman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/summer-research-opportunity-at-u-utah/95898 "2023-03-12T03:22:10Z")

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http://treu.cs.utah.edu/ Applications are now open from undergraduate students (US Citizens, Permanent Residents) at all levels to be selected to this 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates summer internship spo…

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## [Pyccel, Python 3 to Fortran or C compiler/transpiler](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyccel-python-3-to-fortran-or-c-compiler-transpiler/95801)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyccel-python-3-to-fortran-or-c-compiler-transpiler/95801 "2023-03-09T14:38:22Z")

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What Julia is now competing with: https://github.com/pyccel/pyccel/blob/master/tutorial/quickstart.md Pyccel is a static compiler for Python 3, using Fortran or C as a backend language \[…\] Not only is the Pyccel-genera…

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## [Coming to boston on 3/16/23 and would like a suggestion about AirBnb or B & B near center of town](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coming-to-boston-on-3-16-23-and-would-like-a-suggestion-about-airbnb-or-b-b-near-center-of-town/95474)

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**Author:** [@1153dent](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/1153dent)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coming-to-boston-on-3-16-23-and-would-like-a-suggestion-about-airbnb-or-b-b-near-center-of-town/95474 "2023-03-03T14:56:16Z")

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Hi all My wife and I are coming to Boston on 3/16/23 and would like to avoid staying in a hotel. We like b & b but if that’s not on in Boston AirBnb is fine. We’ll be near the downtown area ( MIT) and wonder if anyone …

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## [Critic and his misconceptions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/critic-and-his-misconceptions/94755)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/critic-and-his-misconceptions/94755 "2023-02-27T03:26:02Z")

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I wonder if it was worthwhile to counter this (IMO) mostly negative narrative Why is Julia not more popular? – The Craft of Coding?

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## [Google Summer of Code plans and questions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/google-summer-of-code-plans-and-questions/94761)

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**Author:** [@M-PERSIC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/M-PERSIC)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/google-summer-of-code-plans-and-questions/94761 "2023-02-24T14:02:18Z")

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For background, I am a Systems and Information Biology student looking to plan for my undergraduate research thesis that would start in the summer. I have previous internship experience as part of my university’s Co-op p…

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## [2-Dimensional Configuration Files](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-dimensional-configuration-files/95108)

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**Author:** [@mrufsvold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrufsvold)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-dimensional-configuration-files/95108 "2023-02-23T22:44:00Z")

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I often find myself in this situation: I get specs in the form of a table, or several tables, from a non-technical person. This is usually Excel or Word. Because of the messiness of reading MS files, I’ll translate those…

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## [AI: Sing-song, Musdb.jl (and Nerf.jl)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ai-sing-song-musdb-jl-and-nerf-jl/94373)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ai-sing-song-musdb-jl-and-nerf-jl/94373 "2023-02-09T20:32:21Z")

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There has been some notable music related AI recently, e.g. from Google: https://storage.googleapis.com/sing-song/index.html I mention it since, linked from there was: Tools Parsers musdb: Python based dataset pars…

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## [Paper: Myths and Legends in High-Performance Computing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/paper-myths-and-legends-in-high-performance-computing/93407)

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**Author:** [@paulmelis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paulmelis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/paper-myths-and-legends-in-high-performance-computing/93407 "2023-01-23T19:14:11Z")

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Some interesting (and purposefully provoking) things in here :slight\_smile: Matsuoka et al., Myths and Legends in High-Performance Computing, Jan 6 2023

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## [Github account suspended because of accident breaking of rule](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-account-suspended-because-of-accident-breaking-of-rule/92653)

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**Author:** [@Yasir\_Altikriti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yasir_Altikriti)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-account-suspended-because-of-accident-breaking-of-rule/92653 "2023-01-08T01:03:53Z")

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Hi I’m learning ethical hacking. I made a phishing website just to see how it works. I once opened github and saw a suspension message. I used GitHub as a file manager or a drive I forgot that was a community that has r…

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## [How to modify this Keras example to plot predictions on the same figure and for a longer period?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-modify-this-keras-example-to-plot-predictions-on-the-same-figure-and-for-a-longer-period/93339)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-modify-this-keras-example-to-plot-predictions-on-the-same-figure-and-for-a-longer-period/93339 "2023-01-21T21:00:58Z")

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Hello. I know this is a forum about Julia but I have a question related with Python and I couldn’t get an answer on other places, and you have always been very helpful and nice. I’m new to Python and Keras. I’ve been …

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## [Medical CT image alignment/registration](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/medical-ct-image-alignment-registration/91187)

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**Author:** [@goretkin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goretkin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/medical-ct-image-alignment-registration/91187 "2023-01-13T18:53:37Z")

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I have two DICOM images from two different CBCT scanners of the same dental anatomy. I can open these images in Horos. How can I align/register these two images to each other using free (in any sense) software?

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## [Julia == rust + dynamic\_typing + JiT + GC?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-rust-dynamic-typing-jit-gc/92778)

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**Author:** [@Jasha10](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jasha10)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-rust-dynamic-typing-jit-gc/92778 "2023-01-12T17:33:15Z")

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Dabbling in Julia and then recently beginning to learn rust, it seems to me that the two languages have a lot in common. My impression now is that the most fundamental differences are that Julia has: dynamic typing Ji…

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## [Anyone knows how to make a Julia shield?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anyone-knows-how-to-make-a-julia-shield/92520)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Salih](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ahmed_Salih)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anyone-knows-how-to-make-a-julia-shield/92520 "2023-01-04T22:41:57Z")

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Using this website I see that some are able to make small logos: I need to learn how to do it for a small Julia logo - does anyone happen to know how? For example one for Angular looks like this: Kind regards

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## [Very weird take on Julia found on the LinkedIn. Have u come across this misconception before?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-weird-take-on-julia-found-on-the-linkedin-have-u-come-across-this-misconception-before/92434)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-weird-take-on-julia-found-on-the-linkedin-have-u-come-across-this-misconception-before/92434 "2023-01-03T00:47:43Z")

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## [Where do I go wrong in solving this mathematical expression?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-do-i-go-wrong-in-solving-this-mathematical-expression/92266)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Salih](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ahmed_Salih)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-do-i-go-wrong-in-solving-this-mathematical-expression/92266 "2022-12-29T10:34:47Z")

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Hello! I was not sure if I should have chosen “Off-topic” or this “Mathematical” section, so please move post to appropriate section. For now it is not a programming question I have, but more about how to solve this eq…

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## [No version info in "Oh My Posh" with juliaup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-version-info-in-oh-my-posh-with-juliaup/91713)

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**Author:** [@Mo-Gul](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mo-Gul)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-version-info-in-oh-my-posh-with-juliaup/91713 "2022-12-25T18:36:50Z")

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When installing Julia with the regular installer on Windows I receive a correct version info in an “Oh My Posh” segment when being in an “Julia folder”. But installing Julia via juliaup the same directory now states “err…

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## [Digression on short variable names](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/digression-on-short-variable-names/91859)

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**Author:** [@DNF](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DNF)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/digression-on-short-variable-names/91859 "2022-12-25T18:21:52Z")

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One gripe, perhaps my pet peeve: long variable names make code hard to read. It’s a wall of text with numerous very similar long names. And for a casual reader, the names carry no information. It’s just hard to follow t…

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## [Differential equations modeling ODE basics help](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/differential-equations-modeling-ode-basics-help/92071)

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**Author:** [@colleybrb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/colleybrb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/differential-equations-modeling-ode-basics-help/92071 "2022-12-24T14:03:46Z")

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I haven’t taken a calculus class in years. I recently took the mit computational modeling class in Julia. In the modeling class we used the SIR model. I’ve been trying to understand how to apply/ synthesize differential…

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## [Horizontal Slicing in Integral](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/horizontal-slicing-in-integral/92043)

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**Author:** [@Freya\_the\_Goddess](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Freya_the_Goddess)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/horizontal-slicing-in-integral/92043 "2022-12-24T08:02:39Z")

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Hi all, it is quite hard for me to understand for part (c) this is the question: I have worked on part (b): Basically just make integral from the interval \[1,c\] and find half the area of part (a) \\int\_{1}^{c} \\fra…

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## [How does chatGPT work?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-chatgpt-work/91652)

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**Author:** [@DNF](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DNF)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-chatgpt-work/91652 "2022-12-22T17:10:56Z")

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I wonder how this actually works. ChatGPT wrote some pretty amazing Matlab code for me, though with some syntax errors (missing multiplication signs, etc.) which it fixed when I mentioned it. It also used some undefined…

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## [Word for !isnan](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/word-for-isnan/91803)

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**Author:** [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/word-for-isnan/91803 "2022-12-18T11:13:29Z")

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Is there a a technical (but not necessarily Julia) word for values that aren’t nan? (Edited)

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## [Compare Windows And Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compare-windows-and-linux/88406)

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**Author:** [@empireofhappy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/empireofhappy)\
**Replies:** 82\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compare-windows-and-linux/88406 "2022-12-15T06:39:48Z")

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Hello, my dear friend! Joking. Fellows! I research some info (for my personal experience, not for assignment or smt) about Windows and Linux operating systems. I’m comparing these operating systems to know what’s reall…

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## [Problem solved with ChatGPT](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-solved-with-chatgpt/91529)

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**Author:** [@Marcell\_Havlik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Marcell_Havlik)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-solved-with-chatgpt/91529 "2022-12-14T17:44:24Z")

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Hey Julianners, just wanted to share I didn’t ask a question here as ChatGPT answered it instead of the masters. I just wanted to share how freaking incredible this is. As Google like the texts are will copy the te…

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## [In numerical computation, how could increasing the number of bits of precision decrease accuracy?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-numerical-computation-how-could-increasing-the-number-of-bits-of-precision-decrease-accuracy/91600)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-numerical-computation-how-could-increasing-the-number-of-bits-of-precision-decrease-accuracy/91600 "2022-12-14T01:20:32Z")

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In this PolynomialRoots.jl Github Issue, accuracy of the result is relatively OK when the MPFR/BigFloat precision is at around (just!) twenty bits, but goes sour suddenly when increasing the number of bits and stays that…

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## [Ode to the Julia programming language by ChatGPT](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ode-to-the-julia-programming-language-by-chatgpt/91331)

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**Author:** [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ode-to-the-julia-programming-language-by-chatgpt/91331 "2022-12-10T13:01:27Z")

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Inspired by this post, I asked ChatGPT to write an ode to Julia. The result: Oh Julia, queen of languages, A wonder to behold, Your syntax is so concise, Your power never grows old. With speed unmatched by others, …

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## [The status of the proposal for new unicode sub(super)scripts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-status-of-the-proposal-for-new-unicode-sub-super-scripts/90994)

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**Author:** [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-status-of-the-proposal-for-new-unicode-sub-super-scripts/90994 "2022-11-29T13:41:56Z")

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I have just stumbled upon the github page of subsuper-proposal to add new super- and sub-scripts to unicode for mathematical programming. It looks like the last PR is dated January 2021, which is almost two years ago. W…

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## [Heads up for copilot users](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/heads-up-for-copilot-users/90973)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/heads-up-for-copilot-users/90973 "2022-11-29T02:29:03Z")

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