# Converting to modules: Julia users should count themselves lucky

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**Created:** [July 4, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-to-modules-julia-users-should-count-themselves-lucky/130474 "2025-07-04T17:09:52Z")\
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Interesting account of the conversion of a (part of) large C++ library to the 20-standard modules: [Experience converting a large mathematical software package written in C++ to C++20 modules](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.21654)

I think we Julians have it quite good, compared to users of the common state-of-the-art C++ code.