talk · intermediate · evergreen
Julia: to Lisp or not to Lisp?
European Lisp Symposium · May 30, 2016 · 1h 4m
What this video covers
Stefan Karpinski's European Lisp Symposium 2016 talk asks whether Julia is a Lisp. He covers the features it borrows from Lisp, such as macros and closures, and where it departs, including syntax and its type system, with generated machine code shown.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN commenters recommend it as a brilliant talk on Julia's design and how it is or isn't a Lisp.
9recommendation score
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- distinct recommenders
- 8
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- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“the Julia talk ( ) was just great.”
“the recent brilliant talk about design of Julia”
“Best talks in my opinion”