Julia can beat data.table at group-by, sometimes

Julia can be faster than data.table in some group-by operations! This post details a number of strategies employed to try and optimize Julia group-by performance. Read more

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The Julia developers are pleased to annouce the release of Julia v1.4.0, the fourth minor release in the 1.x series. Binaries are available for all of your favorite platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD) at https://julialang.org/downloads. As a m... (more…)

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Julia Pkg downtime incident due to GitHub

Earlier today, several users started seeing issues installing packages. This post seeks to collect all the information related to this incident. Impact The issue caused installation of incorrect versions (latest master when a prior version was requested)... (more…)

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Julia and Batteries

New Julia users frequently suggest that some features should be included in Base (the part that is available directly without using any packages) or the standard libraries. The colloquial phrase is that “Julia should come with batteries included”, hence t... (more…)

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Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Lorraine Hill (known as Julia "Butterfly" Hill, born February 18, 1974) is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She is best known for having lived in a 180-foot (55 m)-tall, roughly 1500-year-old California redwood tree f... (more…)

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