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Lesson 43 other packages and languages Justin Bois BE/Bi/NB 203, June 24, 2017
Lesson 43 other packages and languages
Justin Bois BE/Bi/NB 203, June 24, 2017
Compiled languages
John Backus1956
Compiled languages
Brian Kernighan Dennis Ritchie
1972
Compiled languages
Bjarne Stroustrup1983
Compiled/interpreted languages
James Gosling1995
Compiled/interpreted languages
Martin Odersky2003
Dynamic languages
Guido van Rossum1991
Dynamic languages
Yukihiro Matsumoto1995
Languages for the web
Brendan Eich1995
Science-specific languages
John Chambers1976
S
Science-specific languages
1993
Science-specific languages
Cleve Moler1976
(Octave is a Matlab clone)
Science-specific languages
Stephen Wolfram1988
Science-specific languages
2012
Julia: a major part of the future?
Large (and rapidly growing) set of packages
Ability to call Python functions (and vice versa)
Built-in package manager
Entirely JITted, very fast
Free and open source
Julia: a major part of the future?
time relative to C
