# Discussion: Plans for Julia as a general-purpose language?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-plans-for-julia-as-a-general-purpose-language/30861>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, performance, design\
**Created:** [November 8, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-plans-for-julia-as-a-general-purpose-language/30861 "2019-11-08T15:16:28Z")\
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> [@Amin\_Yahyaabadi](#):
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> Watch this 5 min video:

Thanks, but that video avoids all the things that I found confusing. For example, I found it frustrating to [develop a package locally and then use it in multiple directories](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-updating-packages-locals/24065). I realize that question did get answered, but I recalled having a lot more issues with that answer and didn’t want to follow up as I was confused about what I was confused about. I missed R’s `install.packages("myPackage")` and then being able to call `library(myPackage)` anywhere.

I’m not saying it’s PackageManager is broken or bad or anything like that. But my impression is that it’s much closer to how Python uses virtual environments which is a new concept to R users. When basic “how to’s”, like the video you linked, make **no** mention of this whatsoever, perhaps this is why some people find PackageManager confusing and others do not.

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