# Julia vs Matlab side thread

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-matlab-side-thread/14244
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-matlab-side-thread/14244 "2018-08-29T13:49:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Seif\_Shebl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Seif\_Shebl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Seif_Shebl)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-matlab-side-thread/14244/1 "2018-08-29T13:49:14Z")

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Julia could’ve been better than MATLAB, even in heavily vectorized code, if some of the great projects like [ParallelAccelerator.jl](https://github.com/IntelLabs/ParallelAccelerator.jl) were still active. It seems that the countless changes that Julia witnessed recently drove many people away.

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### Author: ![DNF](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dnf/32/10191_2.png) [@DNF](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DNF)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-matlab-side-thread/14244/2 "2018-08-29T13:54:31Z")

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I don’t understand that. Julia is much _better_ at vectorized code than before, due to the introduction and improvement of dot-broadcasting.

My impression was that things like ParallelAccelerator became obsolete, because the language development either incorporated or overtook this development. The need for various band-aids simply diminished.

I don’t exactly understand what your opinion of the development actually is, though. To me, it seems _amazing_. _Much_ better than a glorified Matlab.

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### Author: ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-matlab-side-thread/14244/3 "2018-08-29T14:38:20Z")

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Most of ParallelAccelerator is now part of Base Julia (threading) and standard compiler optimizations. I am not sure what’s missing.

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### Author: ![Tero\_Frondelius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tero_frondelius/32/7629_2.png) [@Tero\_Frondelius](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tero_Frondelius)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-matlab-side-thread/14244/4 "2018-08-30T10:46:29Z")

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> [@ChrisRackauckas](#):
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> I am not sure what’s missing.

Maybe just this: [How do I deprecate a package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-deprecate-a-package/14129)