I was browsing the thread on why LoopVectorization.jl is deprecated , and I came across LoopModels , which is a successor to LoopVectorization.jl, and this made me wonder if one should be writing general purpose libraries in Julia (even if domain specific) or just go for C/C++/Rust/Zig or something li…

I’d say that LoopVectorization is a very unique sort of library. It’s effectively a compiler plugin — you’re explicitly asking for a particular compilation strategy. The challenges there are quite unique. There can be a tension between performant Julia and “friendly” Julia, but that’s a very diff…

[image] Why is LoopVectorization deprecated? That’s fine for applications, but can be quite rough for maintaining a library that many other people depend on." The context here is that LoopVectorization is not an ordinary library, but a library that attempts to do very low-level things with the…

Not everyone in the world agrees about this stuff, and some people do build things in julia and then decide to use other languages, and this can happen for a variety of reasons. Sometimes julia has a fundamental weakness in a specific area (or is just immature in that area) Sometimes the author of…

For reference, here is what the ITensors.jl people say on their website about the switch : Why do you use Julia? Why have a Julia and C++ version? ITensor was originally written in C++ around 2010 before Julia was available. C++ was a good choice and continues to be an strong language for high-per…

Should one use Julia to create libraries?

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Should one use Julia to create libraries?

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