# Offtopic

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## [WSL 1 vs WSL 2](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wsl-1-vs-wsl-2/133599)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wsl-1-vs-wsl-2/133599 "2025-11-03T03:26:26Z")

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I’m curious which you use since Julia only supports WSL 2 (tier 2), but I think works for both. Note, WSL 1 still supported, and neither is clearly better. " WSL 2 is “20x faster compared to WSL 1” for file access, but …

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## [Asking LLM a very difficult question](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/asking-llm-a-very-difficult-question/133571)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/asking-llm-a-very-difficult-question/133571 "2025-12-10T14:00:21Z")

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I tried asking to several LLM (ChatGPT, Gemini..) the question : “what’s odd with this parking slot”.. None told me what looks obviously very odd in the photo, even after several hints/attempts:

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## [Typst and other alternatives to LaTeX](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/typst-and-other-alternatives-to-latex/121652)

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**Author:** [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)\
**Replies:** 203\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/typst-and-other-alternatives-to-latex/121652 "2025-10-28T13:02:33Z")

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Why not typst? See also Home · Typstry.jl (Sorry, I’ll see myself out :face\_with\_peeking\_eye:)

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## [Paper on Perceived vs Real Productivity Gains Using LLM](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/paper-on-perceived-vs-real-productivity-gains-using-llm/133322)

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**Author:** [@andreeco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/andreeco)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/paper-on-perceived-vs-real-productivity-gains-using-llm/133322 "2025-10-23T10:59:18Z")

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This is an interesting paper on the efficiency of using LLM tools for coding. A takeaway is that, in the study, the perceived productivity gains are about 24%, while in reality they are about 19% slower. In Table 3 on pa…

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## [Multiple dispatch translation to e.g. German; Multimethoden? Multimethods \[NOT\] a synonym?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiple-dispatch-translation-to-e-g-german-multimethoden-multimethods-not-a-synonym/133196)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiple-dispatch-translation-to-e-g-german-multimethoden-multimethods-not-a-synonym/133196 "2025-10-18T13:53:50Z")

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Multimethods is maybe a synonym with Multiple dispatch? I’m not sure it could be subtly different, and I see on German Wikipedia Multimethoden is used in Julia’s article, and I though it might be wrong. I tried to trans…

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## [Cruise.jl game engine: A change of perspective](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cruise-jl-game-engine-a-change-of-perspective/133133)

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**Author:** [@Gesee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gesee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cruise-jl-game-engine-a-change-of-perspective/133133 "2025-10-14T08:52:07Z")

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As you know, I’m the one building the game engine Cruise.jl and I just realized something. Building a game engine is actually a tortuous task, there is so much to build so much to maintain, so much to learn. It was a g…

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## [Bindings/wrappers for Julia packages, how many? From which languages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bindings-wrappers-for-julia-packages-how-many-from-which-languages/132967)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bindings-wrappers-for-julia-packages-how-many-from-which-languages/132967 "2025-10-08T09:31:40Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Wrap Julia package in Python: which is the best option?: When you wrap a Julia package, as in 2. or 3., yes it’s a wrapper, but also called a binding, when used from another language like…

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## [Suggestion for an assembly language tutorial?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-for-an-assembly-language-tutorial/132933)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-for-an-assembly-language-tutorial/132933 "2025-10-07T14:11:45Z")

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Sometimes discussions here ends up at the assembly level… do you have a super entry level tutorial on assembly to recommend ? Where I can find the main concepts but also a bit of stuff to try in practice (Linux x64) ?

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## [TPDE: A Fast Adaptable Compiler Back-End Framework](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tpde-a-fast-adaptable-compiler-back-end-framework/129576)

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**Author:** [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tpde-a-fast-adaptable-compiler-back-end-framework/129576 "2025-09-30T13:36:11Z")

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Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have announced TPDE as a fast and adaptable compiler back-end framework. I wonder if it could be useful to Julia in the future.

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## [Invenia Website Down?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invenia-website-down/103230)

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**Author:** [@mrufsvold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrufsvold)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invenia-website-down/103230 "2025-09-30T02:53:34Z")

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I was looking at the JuliaCon job board and clicked on Invenia, but I’m getting “address not found.” The Lever job page is also blank. Am I doing something wrong maybe?

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## [Odd name for a package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/odd-name-for-a-package/132618)

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**Author:** [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/odd-name-for-a-package/132618 "2025-09-24T13:03:05Z")

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But it seems to be from the future, so :person\_shrugging:

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## [Addressing my gratitude and appreciation toward the Julia community](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/addressing-my-gratitude-and-appreciation-toward-the-julia-community/132263)

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**Author:** [@Gesee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gesee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/addressing-my-gratitude-and-appreciation-toward-the-julia-community/132263 "2025-09-10T18:38:47Z")

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From most communities I have participated in, the Julia community has always stood out. Before learning Julia, I was a game programmer (I wouldn’t call myself a game developer since the only thing I loved in game develo…

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## [Retro 3D anaglyph](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/retro-3d-anaglyph/132237)

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**Author:** [@joa-quim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joa-quim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/retro-3d-anaglyph/132237 "2025-09-10T10:34:53Z")

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If you have saudades of those old 3D movies and can still find a pair of red-cyan glasses, you can appreciate this reborn anaglyph. Tonga Trench using GMT I = anaglyph("@earth\_relief\_30s", R="-175.8/-171/-23/-14", vie…

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## [IRHash: an IR-level compilation cache for LLVM](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/irhash-an-ir-level-compilation-cache-for-llvm/132122)

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**Author:** [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/irhash-an-ir-level-compilation-cache-for-llvm/132122 "2025-09-05T17:48:31Z")

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There was recently a presentation about IRHash, an IR-level compiler cache for LLVM. The authors compared IRHash with Ccache and cHash across 16 open-source projects written in C, C++, Fortran, and Haskell. They found th…

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## [Paper Writing Opportunity: Paradata and Public Health](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/paper-writing-opportunity-paradata-and-public-health/131958)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/paper-writing-opportunity-paradata-and-public-health/131958 "2025-08-30T01:03:54Z")

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Hi folks, :waving\_hand: I have currently been working with my close collaborator Nathaniel Osgood on a review type paper at the intersection of applied mathematics and public health. As we were writing, we realized ther…

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## [Neural Lithography paper](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neural-lithography-paper/107776)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neural-lithography-paper/107776 "2025-08-26T15:32:02Z")

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Very interesting paper. I idly ask - as two of the authors are from MIT are they using Julia? There may be a reason why the software package is not named. Closing the design-to-manufacturing gap for optical devices | …

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## [Going off the rails wrangling Python's type system](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/going-off-the-rails-wrangling-pythons-type-system/131755)

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**Author:** [@mrufsvold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrufsvold)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/going-off-the-rails-wrangling-pythons-type-system/131755 "2025-08-24T12:52:04Z")

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I love types… maybe too much. It’s definitely my favorite thing about Julia. I recently made the type checker much stricter on my Python projects trying to get better clarity about my Python code. But that means repeati…

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## [WSL or Linux for Julia and beyond](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wsl-or-linux-for-julia-and-beyond/131572)

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**Author:** [@NoFishLikeIan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NoFishLikeIan)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wsl-or-linux-for-julia-and-beyond/131572 "2025-08-16T16:06:50Z")

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Due to circumstances outside of my control, I will have to give up my Macbook pro and move to a 5 year old Lenovo thinkpad very soon. I am now considering whether to use Windows + WSL or to directly install a Linux distr…

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## [Why can Julia be better about boxing types than OCaml?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-can-julia-be-better-about-boxing-types-than-ocaml/131628)

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**Author:** [@mrufsvold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrufsvold)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-can-julia-be-better-about-boxing-types-than-ocaml/131628 "2025-08-17T14:35:20Z")

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I was reading this article about OCaml’s special int type: The tl;dr is that OCaml represents data as a 64-bit header followed by the actual data. This includes int64 and, often, floats. However, they special case the…

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## [I'm stuck with Julia and have nowhere to run to! (Maybe I discovered Julia for the wrong reason.)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/im-stuck-with-julia-and-have-nowhere-to-run-to-maybe-i-discovered-julia-for-the-wrong-reason/131494)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/im-stuck-with-julia-and-have-nowhere-to-run-to-maybe-i-discovered-julia-for-the-wrong-reason/131494 "2025-08-15T07:33:36Z")

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Sorry for a long rant, but maybe I discovered Julia for all the wrong reasons. For short problem solving, solving problems with short (something like 100 LOCS), my self-assessment is that I am pretty much a genius. I’ve…

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## [Books on software design with Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/books-on-software-design-with-julia/131598)

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**Author:** [@Nikos\_Gianniotis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nikos_Gianniotis)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/books-on-software-design-with-julia/131598 "2025-08-14T13:15:44Z")

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I have been using Julia for a long time, but my skills have long plateaued when it comes to designing my code in more modular / structured way. Ideally, I would like to improve my coding so that I could modularise my cod…

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## [Python 3.14 LLVM tail-call interpreter](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-3-14-llvm-tail-call-interpreter/126777)

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**Author:** [@fdekerme](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fdekerme)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-3-14-llvm-tail-call-interpreter/126777 "2025-08-11T04:39:38Z")

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Not an expert at all, but I think this blog post from Nelson Elhage about Python 3.14 LLVM performances could interest people here: fdekerm

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## [Blockchain](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blockchain/7365)

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**Author:** [@Loic\_Chappaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Loic_Chappaz)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blockchain/7365 "2025-08-07T04:25:38Z")

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Hi Hi all, \[Disclaimer: I am not sure this is the best category for this topic, feel free to let me know if so\] Are there people involved with blockchain development? Not limited to cryptocurrency and financial transac…

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## [Bend: a new GPU-native language](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bend-a-new-gpu-native-language/114440)

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**Author:** [@MilesCranmer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MilesCranmer)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bend-a-new-gpu-native-language/114440 "2025-08-06T13:12:04Z")

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I thought this new language looked cool: GitHub - HigherOrderCO/Bend: A massively parallel, high-level programming language. It’s still in the research stages but presents some interesting ideas. It compiles a Python-li…

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## [What tools do you use for plagiarism detection of code?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-tools-do-you-use-for-plagiarism-detection-of-code/58693)

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**Author:** [@SL6Trip](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/SL6Trip)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-tools-do-you-use-for-plagiarism-detection-of-code/58693 "2021-04-07T09:05:22Z")

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For those who are not familiar, the MOSS system is one of the most used tools when trying to detect plagiarism in source code submissions. The output format is given as a list of submission pairs, in descending order of …

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## [Sea of Nodes IR](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sea-of-nodes-ir/131171)

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**Author:** [@mrufsvold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrufsvold)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sea-of-nodes-ir/131171 "2025-07-30T07:45:26Z")

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This is a very interesting talk on treeless parsing and IR. The first half about treeless parsing doesn’t apply to Julia what without user facing AST. However, the second half is about using a graph of nodes to represent…

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## [JIT Compiler for CPython](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jit-compiler-for-cpython/108055)

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**Author:** [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jit-compiler-for-cpython/108055 "2025-07-24T01:10:03Z")

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Some Python core developers are floating the idea of a JIT compiler for Python. By the way, the speaker has created a PR and used poetry to describe it.

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## [Is Julia Falling Behind in Relevance? (because it's not used in LLM research?)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-falling-behind-in-relevance-because-its-not-used-in-llm-research/99048)

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**Author:** [@compleat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/compleat)\
**Replies:** 68\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-falling-behind-in-relevance-because-its-not-used-in-llm-research/99048 "2025-07-16T16:47:01Z")

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Like many of us in the Machine Learning/Data Science community, I have been blindsided by the tsunami of developments in Large Language Models (LLM’s) in the past 6 month, not realising how fundamentally these advances w…

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## [LLMs and UUIDs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/llms-and-uuids/115217)

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**Author:** [@abraemer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abraemer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/llms-and-uuids/115217 "2025-07-16T08:06:55Z")

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Continuing the discussion from DrWatson Common Code as Module Issue: This prompted me to ask ChatGPT for some UUIDs and it happily “generated” 6 for me. All of them where valid UUIDs and none of them turned anything up…

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## [Compulsively checking open issues for v1.12.0-beta4](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compulsively-checking-open-issues-for-v1-12-0-beta4/130385)

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**Author:** [@croberts](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/croberts)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compulsively-checking-open-issues-for-v1-12-0-beta4/130385 "2025-07-14T14:29:58Z")

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I am compulsively checking the milestones page: I am very excited for the 1.12.0 release. Redefining structs and small binary compilation are both going to be wonderful (even if it will be another year before all the…

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