Julia 1.3 programming language release

Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamically typed free programming language designed for mathematical computing. It is also effective for writing general purpose programs. Julia's syntax is similar to MATLAB, borrowing elements from Ruby and Lisp.

What's New in Version 1.3:

  • the ability to add methods to abstract types;
  • support for Unicode 12.1.0 and the ability to use specific styles of Unicode digital characters in identifiers;
  • added the Threads.@spawn macro and the Channel(f::Function, spawn=true) keyword to organize the launch of tasks in any available thread. File and socket system I/O and pseudo-random number generator adapted for multi-threaded applications;
  • new library functions added.

The project code is available under the MIT license.

Source: linux.org.ru

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