.\" To get a preview of the man page as it will actually be displayed, run .\" .\" > nroff -man julia.1 | less .\" .\" at the terminal. .\" .\" Suggestions and improvements very much appreciated! .\" Nothing is too large or too small. .\" This man page was largely taken from pre-existing sources of documentation. .\" This is documented by comments in the man page's source. .\" .\" # TODOs: .\" 1. Simple, hopefully portable way to get the man page on everyone's manpath. .\" (The whole point was to be able to simply `man julia`!) .\" .\" Possible sections to add to man page: .\" - licensing .\" - internet resources and/or documentation .\" - environment .\" - see also .\" - diagnostics .\" - notes .TH JULIA 1 2013-12-10 Julia "Julia Programmers' Reference Guide" .\" from the front page of http://julialang.org/ .SH NAME julia - high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing .SH SYNOPSIS julia [option] [program] [args..] .\" Taken almost verbatim from the front page of http://julialang.org/ .SH DESCRIPTION Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an extensive mathematical function library. The library, largely written in Julia itself, also integrates mature, best-of-breed C and Fortran libraries for linear algebra, random number generation, signal processing, and string processing. In addition, the Julia developer community is contributing a number of external packages through Julia's built-in package manager at a rapid pace. Julia programs are organized around multiple dispatch; by defining functions and overloading them for different combinations of argument types, which can also be user-defined. For a more in-depth discussion of the rationale and advantages of Julia over other systems, please see the online manual: http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/ If a Julia source file is given as a \fIprogram\fP (optionally followed by arguments in \fIargs\fP) Julia will execute the program and exit. .\" This section was taken nearly verbatim from the output of `julia --help` .SH "COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS" .TP 25 .TP -v, --version Display version information .TP -h, --help Print help message .TP -q, --quiet Quiet startup without banner .TP -H, --home