# How hard would it be to implement Numpy.jl, i.e. Numpy in Julia?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-hard-would-it-be-to-implement-numpy-jl-i-e-numpy-in-julia/22080
**Category:** Numerics
**Tags:** faq, python
**Created:** [March 19, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-hard-would-it-be-to-implement-numpy-jl-i-e-numpy-in-julia/22080 "2019-03-19T22:48:54Z")
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### Author: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-hard-would-it-be-to-implement-numpy-jl-i-e-numpy-in-julia/22080/17 "2019-03-20T11:37:13Z")

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> [@Pierre\_Augier](#):
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> very hard opinions on Python from Julia users/developers could also be felt as arrogant sometimes

I find it best not to form an emotional attachment to a computer language, just treat it as a tool.

Julia can be considered an experiment to address various shortcomings of other languages, including Python, just like Python was created to improve on previous languages, and almost surely one day someone will design a language that supersedes Julia as we know now (it may also be called Julia, but be quite different—that is immaterial).

Discussing shortcomings and advantages of languages should not be considered arrogant, if kept at a technical level. You may find this discussion interesting:

> [@Preaching Julia to biologists](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/preaching-julia-to-biologists/15058):
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> People, I’m scheduled to give a short (15 min) presentation about Julia to our group on next Tuesday! The crowd is composed of (~15) biologists that work in Animal Behavior (but not in Systems Biology) with a bit of experience in Matlab and R. The goal of the talk is not to teach them Julia, but to convince them that Julia is worth using (and eventually learning). I’m putting something together now, but it would be fantastic if anyone that gave a similar talk could share with me theirs. pray …

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