New programming languages are probably invented every day, and even those that get developed and published are too numerous to mention. New programming languages developed specifically for science and engineering are very rare, however, and that's why such a rare event deserves some publicity. A while ago, I saw an announcement for Julia, which announces itself as "a fresh approach to technical computing". I couldn't resist the temptation to download, install, and test-drive it. Here are my f...
