# Loved vs Dreaded again. Who's beating Julia?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loved-vs-dreaded-again-whos-beating-julia/68599>\
**Category:** Offtopic\
**Created:** [September 22, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loved-vs-dreaded-again-whos-beating-julia/68599 "2021-09-22T19:06:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![lungben](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lungben/32/12314_2.png) [@lungben](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lungben)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loved-vs-dreaded-again-whos-beating-julia/68599/22 "2021-09-24T12:05:32Z")

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No, it compiles to native machine code.

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loved-vs-dreaded-again-whos-beating-julia/68599/23 "2021-09-24T15:28:32Z")

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> [@blackeneth](#):
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> However, you’d probably be best off with a system neither of you know – [SAS JMP](https://www.jmp.com/en_us/home.html), which can do all the math and you can program using the JSL scripting language.

That is, if you can afford it. At $1500 annual subscription (!) one thing it ain’t is cheap.

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Boyer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nathan_boyer/32/14825_2.png) [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loved-vs-dreaded-again-whos-beating-julia/68599/24 "2021-09-24T15:59:59Z")

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I am already trying to use Julia to move away from our [MathCAD](https://www.mathcad.com/en/capabilities) subscription. I’d rather not add another subscription on top, especially at that price!

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**Author:** ![EvoArt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/evoart/32/25357_2.png) [@EvoArt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/EvoArt)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loved-vs-dreaded-again-whos-beating-julia/68599/25 "2021-09-24T19:48:41Z")

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> [@jling](#):
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> Any sufficiently mature, popular language will have a non-small portion of people “hating” it because they are forced to work on it one way or another

This is an interesting point. I wonder how I would feel, being forced to use a language with latency issues and missing packages that I’m used to… In fact I don’t wonder. I know I would have hated it. Luckily I came to Julia as something exotic and interesting, initially to use on fun side projects.

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