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}}</ref> The name "Julia" has no meaning. Jeff Bezanson, one of the creators, said it simply seemed like a pretty name.
Distinctive aspects of Julia's design include a type system with [[parametric polymorphism]] and the use of [[multiple dispatch]] as a core [[programming paradigm]], a default [[just-in-time compilation|just-in-time]] (JIT) compiler<ref name="general purpose" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sysimages · PackageCompiler |url=https://julialang.github.io/PackageCompiler.jl/stable/sysimages.html#Creating-a-sysimage-using-PackageCompiler |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=julialang.github.io |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410160253/https://julialang.github.io/PackageCompiler.jl/stable/sysimages.html#Creating-a-sysimage-using-PackageCompiler |url-status=live }}</ref> (with support for [[ahead-of-time compilation]]<ref name="PackageCompiler.jl" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=julia/doc/src/devdocs/aot.md at master · JuliaLang/julia |url=https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/doc/src/devdocs/aot.md |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=GitHub |language=en |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003164500/https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/doc/src/devdocs/aot.md |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=System Image Building · The Julia Language |url=https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/devdocs/sysimg/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=docs.julialang.org}}</ref>) and an [[tracing garbage collection|efficient (multi-threaded) garbage collection]] implementation.<ref>{{Cite newsgroup |url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/julia-users/6_XvoLBzN60 |title=Suspending Garbage Collection for Performance...good idea or bad idea? |website=Groups.google.com |access-date=2017-05-31 |archive-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214124121/http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/c81061bc00c6181e#!topic/julia-users/6_XvoLBzN60 |url-status=live }}</ref> Notably Julia does not support classes with encapsulated methods and instead it relies on structs with generic methods/functions not tied to them.
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