# New Python Rival ? Julia is winning over developers

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-python-rival-julia-is-winning-over-developers/13718
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**Created:** [August 19, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-python-rival-julia-is-winning-over-developers/13718 "2018-08-19T17:25:34Z")
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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 19, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-python-rival-julia-is-winning-over-developers/13718/1 "2018-08-19T17:25:34Z")

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> **[New Python Rival ? Julia is winning over developers](https://techworm.net/programming/python-rival-julia-developers/)**
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> Python was developer's first choice when it came to simplicity and machine learning implementation. But now a new language called Julia is about to take

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### Author: ![daniel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/daniel/32/6480_2.png) [@daniel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/daniel)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-python-rival-julia-is-winning-over-developers/13718/2 "2018-08-19T17:49:09Z")

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> O’Grady says Julia’s steady rise makes it one to watch but added that “the esoteric nature of the language may yet relegate it to niche status”.

Time to put the incense sticks away!

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### Author: ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-python-rival-julia-is-winning-over-developers/13718/3 "2018-08-20T03:11:44Z")

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> [@daniel](#):
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> esoteric nature

??? Pretty confused by this. Julia’s syntax is quite “normal” compared to R.

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### Author: ![tk3369](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tk3369/32/2824_2.png) [@tk3369](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tk3369)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-python-rival-julia-is-winning-over-developers/13718/4 "2018-08-20T05:11:50Z")

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Same here… It’s because some people are stuck on thinking that Julia can only be used for scientific computing with exotic math symbols. It’s time to show off some general applications written in Julia.

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### Author: ![Steven\_Sagaert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/steven_sagaert/32/29578_2.png) [@Steven\_Sagaert](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Steven_Sagaert)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-python-rival-julia-is-winning-over-developers/13718/5 "2018-08-20T10:27:45Z")

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They’re not referring to syntax but “nature” so that probably means multiple dispatch and possibly the metaprogramming possibilities in julia.

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### Author: ![KZiemian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kziemian/32/9020_2.png) [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-python-rival-julia-is-winning-over-developers/13718/6 "2018-08-20T11:26:06Z")

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> [@daniel](#):
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> “the esoteric nature of the language may yet relegate it to niche status”.

I think these is about macros and whole metaprograming stuff.