# Is Julia still as relevant in the age of AI agents?

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**Created:** [October 7, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-still-as-relevant-in-the-age-of-ai-agents/139889 "2026-10-07T15:51:04Z")\
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There was a post on token usage a while back. Maybe it will offer some insights.

tl;dr - Julia is near top of token efficiency and is ~2x more efficient that C++, which is near the bttom. R is not on the list unfortunately.

> [@Julia is one of the most token-efficient programming languages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-is-one-of-the-most-token-efficient-programming-languages/134996):
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> Among the most popular programming languages, Julia is one of the most token-efficient programming languages​.

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