Thanks for the detailed response. I hope that my post wasn't too harsh, the intent was mostly to attract attention to the current issues not to undermine the great work that you and others have been doing. I'm glad that many of the issues that I mentioned are being addressed. Maybe I'll give Julia another go in some time =).
The question of syntax is subjective of course. From the set {C-like, Python, MATLAB} I'd definitely like to see more influence of the first two and less from the last one.
The question of syntax is subjective of course. From the set {C-like, Python, MATLAB} I'd definitely like to see more influence of the first two and less from the last one.