What steps should the Julia community take to bring Julia to the next level of popularity?

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As I guessed, you appear to be not interested in solutions. Still let me show a possible one:

  • (Optional) change to your preferred directory, e.g. cd("./shalom")
  • Create a (possibly empty) script file therein, let’s name it myscript.jl
  • From REPL, execute: using Revise; includet("myscript.jl")
  • Edit your script, e.g. write a function add(x, y) = x + y
  • Call your function from REPL

Repeat the last two steps. E.g. redefine the function, make it add(x, y, z) = x + y + z
Now, try to execute in REPL:

julia> add(2,3)
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching add(::Int64, ::Int64)

You see, the old definition is gone, and the new one is here:

julia> add(2,3,4)
9

If THAT sounds too complicated, then be warned: The rest of Julia (and any other programming language) requires way more mental effort than that.

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