# Offtopic

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## [Blog post on Rust's new scheduler](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-post-on-rusts-new-scheduler/29910)

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**Author:** [@kevin.squire](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevin.squire)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-post-on-rusts-new-scheduler/29910 "2019-11-05T16:25:26Z")

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Rust is about to release a new version of its scheduler, and there’s an interesting (and detailed) blog post about it that I thought some people here might be interested in, especially with all of the great work going on…

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## [DEX - Research language for array processing in the Haskell/ML family](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dex-research-language-for-array-processing-in-the-haskell-ml-family/30489)

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**Author:** [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dex-research-language-for-array-processing-in-the-haskell-ml-family/30489 "2019-10-31T10:11:30Z")

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Dex (named for “index”) is a research language for array processing in the Haskell/ML family. The goal of the project is to explore: Type systems for array programming Mathematical program transformations like diffe…

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## [Newton vs the machine: solving the chaotic three-body problem using deep neural networks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newton-vs-the-machine-solving-the-chaotic-three-body-problem-using-deep-neural-networks/30406)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newton-vs-the-machine-solving-the-chaotic-three-body-problem-using-deep-neural-networks/30406 "2019-10-30T01:47:00Z")

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Numpy and Tensorflow. Bet they would have been better using Flux and Zygote!

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## [Version 1.0 released of Nim Programming Language](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/version-1-0-released-of-nim-programming-language/29099)

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**Author:** [@non-Jedi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/non-Jedi)\
**Replies:** 124\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/version-1-0-released-of-nim-programming-language/29099 "2019-10-04T18:09:56Z")

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The Nim programming language just released version 1.0. Since the Julia community has gone through that transition recently, I thought some might find it interesting. Congrats to the Nim team on the huge milestone. As…

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## [Strangeloop videos covering Julia projects](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strangeloop-videos-covering-julia-projects/29297)

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**Author:** [@feanor12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/feanor12)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strangeloop-videos-covering-julia-projects/29297 "2019-09-29T22:28:28Z")

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I found two talks which cover Julia projects at strangeloop. Are there other recent talks covering Julia? Your Secrets are Safe with Julia: A Compiler for Secure Computation Probabilistic scripts for auto…

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## [Julia Interview](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-interview/29148)

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**Author:** [@DongLao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DongLao)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-interview/29148 "2019-09-26T12:48:47Z")

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I’m going to an interview next week. Can you guys give me some tips on how to make a good impression?

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## [Stupid question on Unicode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stupid-question-on-unicode/27674)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stupid-question-on-unicode/27674 "2019-09-21T16:29:49Z")

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Julia 1.3.0 supports Unicode version 12.1.0I can see how to use characters such as h-bar println("\\u0127") I have the rather odd notion to print some Cuneiform characters - I am interested in Babylonian history and wen…

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## [Project Management Tools (Not just julia)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/project-management-tools-not-just-julia/28710)

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**Author:** [@Zach\_Christensen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Zach_Christensen)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/project-management-tools-not-just-julia/28710 "2019-09-19T21:42:13Z")

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A general question about what people use for managing a diverse array of projects in one place. I’m trying to get a nice workflow that facilitates: Coding projects Writing papers Todo lists General scheduling and plann…

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## [Julia Package Task Views](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-package-task-views/28903)

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**Author:** [@Yifan\_Liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yifan_Liu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-package-task-views/28903 "2019-09-18T20:01:40Z")

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Is it possible for Julia to have a Task Views website like R does, so new users don’t need to write a post to ask the availability of packages in a specific area?

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## [A utopia for democratically funded projects](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-utopia-for-democratically-funded-projects/28516)

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**Author:** [@Janis\_Erdmanis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Janis_Erdmanis)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-utopia-for-democratically-funded-projects/28516 "2019-09-11T15:59:16Z")

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Hello, everyone! I am posting here a pitch for an idea on how to use existing activism to fund projects with a larger scale and a greater impact. Since julia is a real open-source utopia I believe you could give a good …

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## [Cxx.jl is the coolest thing ever!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cxx-jl-is-the-coolest-thing-ever/28627)

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**Author:** [@klaff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/klaff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cxx-jl-is-the-coolest-thing-ever/28627 "2019-09-11T04:38:23Z")

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I didn’t find a Place\_to\_Praise\_Julia category, so I’ll post here. I had a situation today in which an algorithm was supplied in the form of C snippets, and having a vague memory that one could compile C++ functions fro…

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## [Using Julia to calc distance to moon with UNCERTAINTIES](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-to-calc-distance-to-moon-with-uncertainties/27963)

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**Author:** [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-to-calc-distance-to-moon-with-uncertainties/27963 "2019-09-06T22:41:46Z")

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I am an old fart now. But once upon a time I was a high school kid. And as a school kid I dream about measuring the distance to the moon. I fantasize about given a science project by my science teacher to measure the di…

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## [Stickers - Where?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stickers-where/28355)

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**Author:** [@Alec\_Loudenback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alec_Loudenback)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stickers-where/28355 "2019-09-04T10:38:08Z")

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I’ve not seen stickers on the store yet - seems like you still need to know someone or go to JuliaCon to get one? Is there another way to obtain one?

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## [Physics / Computational Physics research group in U.S. University that uses Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/physics-computational-physics-research-group-in-u-s-university-that-uses-julia/27216)

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**Author:** [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/physics-computational-physics-research-group-in-u-s-university-that-uses-julia/27216 "2019-08-13T10:33:32Z")

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It’s the time of the year to apply for grad school. I have been doing high-energy / accelerator science and it’s my feeling that the field’s need for HPC will surge (especially with a unified codebase). So, anyone knows…

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## [Data Sharing by Microsoft](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/data-sharing-by-microsoft/27307)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/data-sharing-by-microsoft/27307 "2019-08-08T09:46:38Z")

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This might be of interest to people here

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## [Composite types versus lookup tables](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/composite-types-versus-lookup-tables/26534)

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**Author:** [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/composite-types-versus-lookup-tables/26534 "2019-07-22T18:03:47Z")

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I’ve been fluctuating between holding my data in database-style tables versus composite types. Things like joining in the DB version is very useful, but things tend to stay as floats and strings. Method dispatch and cus…

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## [Escaping unkown user input to LaTeX](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/escaping-unkown-user-input-to-latex/26583)

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**Author:** [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/escaping-unkown-user-input-to-latex/26583 "2019-07-20T14:48:39Z")

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I’m using PGFPlotsX and LaTeXTabulars to generate PDF reports which include (amongst other things) string comments (user-input via some beyond-my-control GUI) that might contain any of these characters: """!@#$%^&\*()\_-+…

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## [Don't understand what h5py people are thinking](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dont-understand-what-h5py-people-are-thinking/26387)

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**Author:** [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dont-understand-what-h5py-people-are-thinking/26387 "2019-07-17T00:28:15Z")

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I was using h5py to read in some files, casually. h5f = h5py.File(..., "r") h5f\['kVals'\].value then I see this deprecation warning: dataset.value has been deprecated. Use dataset\[()\] instead. I guess if you look real…

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## [In-memory and large memory compute - and useful Julia features?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-memory-and-large-memory-compute-and-useful-julia-features/26370)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-memory-and-large-memory-compute-and-useful-julia-features/26370 "2019-07-15T05:57:25Z")

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Following the discussion on posits, I would like to explore another topic. Perhaps there is a better place for this, however I do find the community here helpful and ‘sparky’. I Also have probably said the same things i…

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## [Windows 10 vs Linux with Julia and VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-10-vs-linux-with-julia-and-vscode/26024)

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**Author:** [@wiktorkujawa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wiktorkujawa)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-10-vs-linux-with-julia-and-vscode/26024 "2019-07-06T21:42:04Z")

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Hi, I just buy new notebook with NVidia card and installed an Ubuntu on him(primarily I tried to install Mint on it, but it crashes all the time - black screen and nothing to do ), but there was too many problems with d…

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## [It is too easy to beat AlphaGo.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-is-too-easy-to-beat-alphago-jl/19518)

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**Author:** [@rapasite](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rapasite)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-is-too-easy-to-beat-alphago-jl/19518 "2019-06-30T03:51:48Z")

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At least on https://fluxml.ai/experiments/go/, suffice to create an “eye” and grow from it. maybe the network is not trained enough but maybe something is wrong @MikeInnes @tejank10 I am just starting machine learnin…

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## [How does the impending ubuntugeddon affect the Julia community](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-the-impending-ubuntugeddon-affect-the-julia-community/25616)

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**Author:** [@ExpandingMan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ExpandingMan)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-the-impending-ubuntugeddon-affect-the-julia-community/25616 "2019-06-25T17:02:17Z")

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Probably not directly, as even the official Julia docker is on Debian, but I’m just kind of curious about everyone’s mood on this subject. For those not aware, Ubuntu is “dropping 32 bit support” (not necessarily the be…

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## [About Julia and Lisp](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-julia-and-lisp/25119)

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**Author:** [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-julia-and-lisp/25119 "2019-06-20T15:48:27Z")

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Being amateur Common Lisp user I often find part of Julia quite familiar. Definitely some very good Lisp programmers are here and I will be glad to hear some of them reflection on Lisp family and Julia.

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## [Static type checking article](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/static-type-checking-article/25329)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/static-type-checking-article/25329 "2019-06-15T16:58:21Z")

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## [Funny story at Sydney meetup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/funny-story-at-sydney-meetup/23965)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/funny-story-at-sydney-meetup/23965 "2019-06-05T00:05:41Z")

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I run the Sydney Julia meetup, and my company sponsors the pizzas and drinks which are provided for free to the attendees. At the last meetup, I saw two new attendees chatting with each other. I walked towards them to gr…

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## [Multiplying large numbers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplying-large-numbers/24032)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplying-large-numbers/24032 "2019-05-09T16:46:01Z")

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## [Event Horizon image](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/event-horizon-image/22999)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/event-horizon-image/22999 "2019-04-11T22:11:35Z")

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The algorithm used is called CHIRP by Dr Bouman from CSAIL. I guess I oped too much that it might be written in Julia! I guess not…

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## [Future of swift types](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/future-of-swift-types/22944)

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**Author:** [@datnamer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/datnamer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/future-of-swift-types/22944 "2019-04-09T15:05:53Z")

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## [Why Matlab price does not decrease?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-matlab-price-does-not-decrease/22658)

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**Author:** [@Yifan\_Liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yifan_Liu)\
**Replies:** 101\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-matlab-price-does-not-decrease/22658 "2019-04-08T14:55:05Z")

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Julia has been around for about 7 years, but the price of base Matlab has been quite stable. Actually if you take into account the bundling toolboxes, it is getting more expensive. Since Julia can do most of the stuffs M…

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## [Swift or Julia for TensorFlow](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/swift-or-julia-for-tensorflow/22828)

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**Author:** [@zhangliye](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zhangliye)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/swift-or-julia-for-tensorflow/22828 "2019-04-06T06:18:27Z")

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Very interesting proposal on selecting Programming language for Tensorflow by Google team. Swift or Julia for TensorFlow One of their project goals is partially achieved by Julia now, Debuggability and Introspection: …

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