# Swift or Julia for TensorFlow
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/swift-or-julia-for-tensorflow/22828
**Category:** Offtopic
**Created:** [April 6, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/swift-or-julia-for-tensorflow/22828 "2019-04-06T06:03:42Z")
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### Author:  [@zhangliye](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zhangliye)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/swift-or-julia-for-tensorflow/22828/1 "2019-04-06T06:03:42Z")
Very interesting proposal on selecting Programming language for Tensorflow by Google team. [Swift or Julia for TensorFlow](https://github.com/tensorflow/swift/blob/master/docs/WhySwiftForTensorFlow.md)
One of their project goals is partially achieved by Julia now,
**Debuggability and Introspection:** An important part of R&D is figuring out what is happening in a model, diagnosing failures, and figuring out what to change. A system that diagnoses more errors earlier (e.g. shape mismatches at compile time) is more usable than one that only catches them at run time.
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### Author:  [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/swift-or-julia-for-tensorflow/22828/2 "2019-04-06T06:18:27Z")
> [@zhangliye](#):
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> [Swift or Julia for TensorFlow](https://github.com/tensorflow/swift/blob/master/docs/WhySwiftForTensorFlow.md)
The page you are referring to is titled _“Why Swift for TensorFlow?”_. The way you link it suggests that it is about Julia vs Swift, but in fact there is only one mention of Julia, among other languages.
I don’t think this belongs in _First steps_. And it is unclear what the proposal is.