Version 1.9 of Julia, which is an
open-source
programming language popular in scientific computing, was released
in early May. There are a number of interesting new features this time
around, including more work addressing the
startup-time complaints and a number of improvements to the package system.
Beyond
that, there are a few interesting features from the Julia 1.8 release
to catch up on.

Source: LWN.net – [$] Julia 1.9 brings more speed and convenience