I'm switching to Julia after running this comparison of Julia vs Numpy and Fortran, for performance and code simplicity. (more…)

Recently, I was teaching my kids how to compute gcd(Greatest Common Divisor). Instead of just teaching the mechanics of calculation, I wanted to show them some interesting properties of gcd. (more…)

One of the key facts about memory maps is that the mapping is performed asynchronously, with the data being loaded on demand as it is used. In some cases, though, we may know that the entire mapped region will be required — and only at the end of some oth... (more…)

I recently gave a Why Julia? talk to a roomful of computational fluid dynamicists and astrophysicists. (http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/transturb17/gibson/, Kavli Institute, UCSB 2017-02-02). I got two main skeptical responses. One Python expert in ... (more…)

Berkeley, California – Julia Computing is pleased to announce seed funding of $4.6M from investors General Catalyst and Founder Collective. (more…)