Kindred spirits it seems. Yea I think there is a serious future for Julia. It's my R&D and prototype workhorse by preference :).
Again, completely agree with the sometimes confusing state of the ecosystem. Sometimes I wish a bit of democracy existed, but people are people. I proposed some solutions to that problem a while ago but that's a story for another year.
Academia does create a very different kind of reward system that is often counter to community progress. IE: get there first, publish, obfuscate to thwart competition, abandon for new funding. Tends to reward people the highest for not giving credit, or sharing progress.
Meanwhile, people relying on alternatives to julia are more like: load in trusty xyz, use it in trusty way, I'll upgrade when it makes sense, and check the docs not the code when I am unsure of something.
Not to say industry is much better(I keep saying `academia`), but industry projects do tend to appreciate/honor free labor a little more kindly. That or they close the OSS gate and you get what you get.
Novelty is a driving force, but too much entropy and not playing well with each other can destroy a meaningful future quickly. It'll work itself out, one way or another but only because the technology is good :D.
Again, completely agree with the sometimes confusing state of the ecosystem. Sometimes I wish a bit of democracy existed, but people are people. I proposed some solutions to that problem a while ago but that's a story for another year.
Academia does create a very different kind of reward system that is often counter to community progress. IE: get there first, publish, obfuscate to thwart competition, abandon for new funding. Tends to reward people the highest for not giving credit, or sharing progress.
Meanwhile, people relying on alternatives to julia are more like: load in trusty xyz, use it in trusty way, I'll upgrade when it makes sense, and check the docs not the code when I am unsure of something.
Not to say industry is much better(I keep saying `academia`), but industry projects do tend to appreciate/honor free labor a little more kindly. That or they close the OSS gate and you get what you get.
Novelty is a driving force, but too much entropy and not playing well with each other can destroy a meaningful future quickly. It'll work itself out, one way or another but only because the technology is good :D.