Just reached level 1 on the Euler Project. While it’s not really that big of an achievement (67209 (11%) members have done this) it’s special to me because I did it entirely on my phone.

Made me realize a few things:

  1. Julia is incredibly expressive. I was able to code most problems almost verbatim. Writing julia seems to map really well to my brain.
  2. Julia is incredibly powerful. I didn’t investigate every time but some problems I did check benchmarks for were on par with those reported on forums for other fast languages. Although it all depends upon the coders ability.
  3. Having a full coding environment on my phone is amazing. I feel great resistance towards opening a laptop but I pick up my phone every hour. I also don’t feel guilty if I open the REPL for only 10 mins.

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