Programmer's take on Julialang

[King Dude]

Julia Programming Language (http://julialang.org/)

What do you guys think of Julia? Are there any pro's and con's worth mentioning?

[trent.josephsen]

Good question. I'm also interested. (To be clear, I've never used it, just heard about it.)

It might be something that could compete in C's playing field, but I haven't heard of anyone using it for drivers or other low-level work -- just heavy math. (Which is fine too, but not related to my interests.)

[King Dude]

Good question. I'm also interested. (To be clear, I've never used it, just heard about it.)

It might be something that could compete in C's playing field, but I haven't heard of anyone using it for drivers or other low-level work -- just heavy math. (Which is fine too, but not related to my interests.)
I heard it was a language that has a good amount of performance, but I have yet to find benchmark statistics.

EDIT: Here's a benchmark from the official page.

http://oi58.tinypic.com/2ngejr9.jpg