# \[ANN\] Meshes.jl - Computational Geometry in Julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-meshes-jl-computational-geometry-in-julia/53973>\
**Category:** Package Announcements\
**Tags:** package, announcement, mesh, geo, geometry\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-meshes-jl-computational-geometry-in-julia/53973 "2021-01-26T12:00:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jzr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-meshes-jl-computational-geometry-in-julia/53973/25 "2021-05-27T21:46:48Z")

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> [@paulmelis](#):
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> I’m not familiar with Zulip, but it seems like a Slack clone, so does it really facilitate discussions as well as Discourse?

Zulip is not a Slack clone. Instead,

> Zulip is an open source alternative to Slack which has
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> - Better Markdown support
> - Julia Syntax highlighting
> - Unlimited message history for us and other open source communities
> - Beautiful built in LaTeX support for displaying math
> - An approach to conversation threads that may be initially a bit different from how Slack handles it, but I think much better once you use it a bit
> - Really responsive and helpful developers. If you have a problem or complaint with Zulip you can open an issue on their Git repo and expect a quick response! This really contrasted with my experience with Slack at various times, especially when Slack started screwing with text formatting.

> [@Come join the Julia Zulip chat!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/come-join-the-julia-zulip-chat/36070):
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> Hey everyone, just wanted to advertise the [Julia Zulip chat server](https://julialang.zulipchat.com/). I think it’s great but there’s a chicken and egg problem where it’s hard to convince people to use it because there’s currently few active users. Zulip is an open source alternative to Slack which has Better Markdown support Julia Syntax highlighting Unlimited message history for us and other open source communities Beautiful built in LaTeX support for displaying math An approach to conversation threads that may be initially …

(But there is also a time-limited “ephemeral” channel for some informal chats, to emulate the slack experience.) Discourse is nice for a forum feel, but zulip is nice for a more lightweight feel while retaining the powerful features of a discussion system. (Just for an illustrative example, many more messages fit on a Zulip screen than on a Discourse screen.)

I really like Zulip, and a bunch of our most distinguished community members have moved their contributions from Slack to Zulip because they value the accessibility, threading, searchability, formatting, open-source community, data ownership, and so on. I hope that trend continues.

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