It seems like you have some emotional baggage involved here. I use Julia every day (for scientific computing). I have never worked with or for the Julia Comput

It seems like you have some emotional baggage involved here. I use Julia every day (for scientific computing). I have never worked with or for the Julia Computing folks, but don't agree with your characterization of them. I like Fortran too, but personally I would rather use Julia if I have the choice.