How does the Julia ecosystem fares against its competitors?

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For concrete comparisons:

Comparison tables for various Julia packages

Context Julia enthusiasts are always pitching the language to colleagues, and despite various technical arguments, we often fail to show how the language can concretely impact scientist’s productivity. Given this context, I am starting this thread to collect concrete evidence that the language enables state-of-the-art package ecosystems. Goal The ultimate goal is to collect comparison tables between Julia package ecosystems and alternatives written in other languages. These tables can be worth…