{"id":1495,"date":"2019-08-26T13:40:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T13:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobilecoderz.com\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T05:39:10","slug":"a-deep-intro-to-julia-a-new-go-to-programming-language-for-machine-learning-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobilecoderz.com\/blog\/a-deep-intro-to-julia-a-new-go-to-programming-language-for-machine-learning-development\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deep Intro to Julia: A New Go-to Programming Language for Machine Learning Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shout out to Machine learning developers as Julia\u2019s fanbase is bubbling out from its shed. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the ever-evolving world of technology, Julialang made a debut to transform all the genres of machine learning development. \u00a0Slowly & steadily Julia language attained explicit prominence among top programming languages. So, have you ever imagined that what\u2019s so special about Julia? \u00a0Whether you\u2019re a squad of Pythonists or Rubyists, nothing matters if you came across a power-packed supplant with characteristics of all programming languages that you\u2019ve been using for so long. We\u2019re not questioning the potential of other languages but we should agree on a fact that an open-source language powered with a speed of C & dynamism of Ruby will do justice to the present-day arena of Machine learning development.<\/span><\/p>\n

It might not sound much surprising news for tech lovers that Julialang secured its place on the 35th level but yes, your exhilaration will take a jump knowing that it aroused up on the charts from 50th place among the conquers like Java or Python. Today, the immense popularity of Julia language beats Kotlin, the most preferred language for Android app development<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Professor Alan Edelman, co-creator of Julia programming language, \u201cIt was a kind of thought of as a law of physics if you will, a kind of law of nature, that you can have one or the other, but that in some ways it would be impossible to have both.\u201d <\/em>Julia emerged as the first-class language that gears up for the combined speed of C with integrated usability of Python, the dynamism of Ruby, the mathematical prowess of MatLab, & the statistics as R. It is something that is absolutely simple to learn & quick to compile.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you don\u2019t want to settle for less then you should give a try to Julialang for Machine learning development & there are some reasons for it. Before you move on to them, let\u2019s give a brief on Julia programming language and statistics to favour its use:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • As per the Siam News report<\/span>,<\/a> Julia enables programmers to perform high-level coding in an intuitive syntax and write codes with faster speed of production programming languages. The demand for this programming language is scattered across varied arenas & scientific computing communities for creating apps based on economics, deep learning, energy optimization, astronomy, medicine, & more. Julia has been chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration for airborne collision avoidance system.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Julia Computing also bagged the Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software by The Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (Siam). Most Julia programmers belong to a group of tech nerds involved in machine learning, computational biology, image processing, differential equations, & more. Its usability is comparable to Python, C, C++, and MATLAB.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Some notable findings from the Julia User & Developer Survey 2019 brings insights & data derived from around 1,844 Julia users & developers from 90 nations. The survey further reveals that Julialang\u2019s:<\/span>\n
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    • Speed, performance, multiple dispatch, potential to solve two language problem, & ease of use are the key technical features popular among users.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • MIT license & flexibility to create packages are the most liked non-technical features by programmers.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • User base involves 73% of individuals using it for research or 54 % of the personal work. More than 15% of programmers use Julia as a part of the development team while 10% use of Julialang goes in production for business-related tasks.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • \u00fcAtom, VS Code, Juno, Vi\/Vm, JupyterLab are top editors or IDEs loved by the majority of users.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Why Julia programming language stands apart from existing frontrunners?<\/a><\/li>
      • What\u2019s next to anticipating for Julialang?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n

        <\/span>Why Julia programming language stands apart from existing frontrunners?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

        Top tech giants like Amazon, Google Maps, Netflix, Siri, & more come under the hats of machine learning technology. With a plethora of data-driven prediction models & solutions, the innovation of Julia adds fuel in the fire in terms of speeding up the optimization process for increased ROI. ML is predicted to achieve excellent growth rate with a CAGR of 43% between the year 2019-24<\/a><\/span> in combination with Julialang.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Since its launch in 2012, Julia came out as a high-level general-purpose open-source programming language developed to perform high-end computations. If you\u2019re new to this programming language then this brief introduction will definitely keep you engaged for the next few minutes. Julia stockpiles feature like multiple dispatch, built-in package, distributed computing, multiple dispatch, & other add-ons. Though it merges C, Python, MATLAB, Ruby, & R, it gained popularity within a shorter span of time, particularly for this reason.<\/span><\/p>\n