Author Archives: Chris von Csefalvay

Types and inheritance in Julia

Roses are red,\ Violets are blue,\ My generic function\ Has methods just for you. Types are one of the simplest and one of the most confusing features of Julia. They are simple in the sense that they are laid out in a logical manner. They are incredibly complicated in that many, especially refugees from OOP […]

Documenting Julia code

Dan Luu posted a very interesting musing on Julia and its shortcomings today. The whole thing is worth reading, but there is one point that resonated with me (emphasis mine): The purely technical problems, like slow load times or the package manager, are being fixed or will be fixed, so there’s not much to say […]