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0 pointsdilap8y ago0 comments

I remember a few years ago poking at julia and thinking it would make a really good shell language. The thing that killed it for this use at the time was slow startup; is that better now?

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Sean17088y ago

Much better, it's certainly worth giving it another go. It's still much slower than Python, but it's quick enough that I don't notice it all.

  $ time julia -e 'println("Hi")'
  Hi

  real    0m0.241s
  user    0m0.216s
  sys     0m0.196s
  $ time python3 -c 'print("Hi")'
  Hi
  
  real    0m0.046s
  user    0m0.020s
  sys     0m0.000s

dilapOP8y ago

Inspired me to install and try; about 350ms on my macbook pro. Much better than it used to be, but still more than you'd want for everyday commands (at least if you're picky about having your computer feel responsive, which I am). :-)

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Sean17088y ago

Much better, it's certainly worth giving it another go. It's still much slower than Python, but it's quick enough that I don't notice it all.

  $ time julia -e 'println("Hi")'
  Hi

  real    0m0.241s
  user    0m0.216s
  sys     0m0.196s
  $ time python3 -c 'print("Hi")'
  Hi
  
  real    0m0.046s
  user    0m0.020s
  sys     0m0.000s

dilapOP8y ago

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