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1Julia
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4[Julia][julia], as a full-fledged programming language with an extensive
5standard library that covers numerical computing, can be somewhat challenging to
6package. This file aims to provide pointers which could not easily be included
7as comments in the expressions themselves.
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9[julia]: https://julialang.org
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11For Nixpkgs, the manual is as always your primary reference, and for the Julia
12side of things you probably want to familiarise yourself with the [README
13][readme], [build instructions][build], and [release process][release_process].
14Remember that these can change between Julia releases, especially if the LTS and
15release branches have deviated greatly. A lot of the build process is
16underdocumented and thus there is no substitute for digging into the code that
17controls the build process. You are very likely to need to use the test suite to
18locate and address issues and in the end passing it, while only disabling a
19minimal set of broken or incompatible tests you think you have a good reason to
20disable, is your best bet at arriving at a solid derivation.
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22[readme]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/README.md
23[build]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/tree/master/doc/src/devdocs/build
24[release_process]: https://julialang.org/blog/2019/08/release-process