Julia == rust + dynamic_typing + JiT + GC?

Jasha10
Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:27:03 +0000
Offtopic

Dabbling in Julia and then recently beginning to learn rust, it seems to me that the two languages have a lot in common.

My impression now is that the most fundamental differences are that Julia has:

dynamic typing

JiT compilation (as opposed to ahead-of-time)

garbage collection

Each of these design decisions has tradeoffs. For example, dynamic typing means Julia is flexible, while Rust’s static typing means its compiler can emit rich ahead-of-time feedback.

Of course there are other differences, e.g. syntax or convention around how traits are defined, but those differences feel like they’re only skin deep.

Is my list above missing anything?

5 posts - 4 participants