StatsBase.jl

Well, out of the issues mentioned, the ones still open can be categorized as (1) aliasing problems with mutable vectors https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/39385 https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/39460 (2) not handling OffsetArrays correctly https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsBase.jl/issues/646, https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsBase.jl/issues/638, https://github.com/JuliaStats/Distributions.jl/issues/1265 https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsBase.jl/issues/643 (3) bad interaction of buffering and I/O redirection https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/36069 (4) a type dispatch bug https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/41096 So if you avoid mutable vectors and OffsetArrays you should generally be fine. As far as the argument "Julia is really buggy so it's unusable", I think this can be made for any language - e.g. rand

That comment doesn't say all bugs have been fixed, or even quickly fixed. When I check on the posted links, many are in fact still open, e.g. https://github.com/JuliaStats/Distributions.jl/issues/1253 https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsBase.jl/issues/642 https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsBase.jl/issues/616 https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/39385

Most of these seem to be about packages in the ecosystem (which, after clicking through all links, actually almost all got fixed in a very timely manner, sometimes already in a newer version of the packages than the author was using), not about the language itself. Other than that, the message of this seems to be "newer software has bugs", which yes is a thing..? For example, the majority of issues referenced are specific to a single package, StatsBase.jl - which apparently was written before OffsetArrays.jl was a thing and thus is known to be incompatible: > Yes, lots of JuliaStats packages have been written before offset axes existed. Feel free to make a PR adding checks. https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsBase.jl/issues/646#issuec... EDIT: Since this comment seems to gain some traction - title is editorialized, original is "Why I no lo

The core devs are in on the scrambling, too! This is now one of my favorite interactions on GitHub: https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsBase.jl/pull/404

I feel like people are perhaps a bit overly negative about the state of Julia's packages. Compared to other early-stage languages, I'd say our package ecosystem is vibrant and full of fantastic packages. Naturally perhaps they are more math/scientific focussed, so if you are looking for cutting-edge packages for web dev you won't find them yet (although there are packages!). See http://pkg.julialang.org/pulse.html, for example. We have over 470 packages in total that are registered, and on Julia 0.3 we have over 300 packages with tests that pass - and we run the tests in all registered packages every night. Some of my favorite packages (that I didn't make, of course :D) would include https://github.com/JuliaStats/Distributions.jl https://github.com/JuliaStats/StatsBase.jl https://github.com/pluskid/Mocha.jl (deep learning) https://github.