Software Update: Julia 0.6.0

Julia is the name of a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical mathematics. It includes a decent compiler, distributed parallel execution and an extensive library of mathematical functions. The core of Julia is released under the MIT license while several libraries other licenses such as the gpl, lgpl and bsd. For more information, we refer you to this page. The abbreviated announcement of this latest release is as follows:

Julia 0.6 Release Announcement

The Julia community is thrilled to announce the release of version 0.6.0 of the Julia language. With a sweeping overhaul of the type system and numerous improvements to syntax and to the standard library, 0.6.0 is the most transformative release yet. A comprehensive list of changes in this release is available in the main Julia repository in the NEWS log.

The 0.6 release line is now considered the stable line of releases and is recommended for most users, as it provides both language and API stability. As with previous versions, we will continue to update 0.6 with bugfixes, releasing subsequent 0.6.x versions. Only critical bug fixes will be ported to 0.5 and releases older than 0.5 are now unmaintained. Work on new features is now taking place on the master branch for the 0.7 development cycle.

Binaries are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows on the main downloads page. We encourage everyone to try it out.
Happy coding!