2 Why Julia

Before we jump into statistics I think we need to explain why should we use Julia and not, e.g. Python or R.

In other words, am I mad to use Julia for statistics instead of R (a project developed for statistical computing) or more popular (also in the field of Data Science) Python?

Well, I hope that I’m just biased. I like Julia because:

1. it’s fast
2. it’s simple
3. it’s a pleasure to write programs with it
4. it’s a less mainstream language
5. it’s free and open source