Julia's Lisp features and design

European Lisp Symposium · Talk · 1 h 5 min · 2016 · YouTube title: Julia: to Lisp or not to Lisp?

Why it's here

HN commenters recommend it as a brilliant talk on Julia's design and how it is or isn't a Lisp.

What it covers

Stefan Karpinski's European Lisp Symposium 2016 talk asks whether Julia is a Lisp. He covers the features it borrows from Lisp, such as macros and closures, and where it departs, including syntax and its type system, with generated machine code shown.