# Does Julia Create a "1.5" Language Problem?

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**Category:** Teaching & Outreach\
**Tags:** question, discussion\
**Created:** [December 23, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-create-a-1-5-language-problem/107984 "2023-12-23T18:44:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-create-a-1-5-language-problem/107984/12 "2023-12-24T20:45:30Z")

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> [@ChrisRackauckas](#):
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> Julia needs to improve its memory allocation behavior. … This is the number 1 issue for newcomers to the language

IMHO, Nathan Boyer describes best [in this 2020 post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-for-prototyping-compared-to-matlab/33900/45), what are the number 1, 2, 3, …, hurdles for many newcomers.

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