[$] An introduction to the Julia language, part 2

Part 1 of this series introduced the Julia project's goals anddevelopment process, along withthe language syntax, including the basics of control flow, datatypes, and, in more detail, how to work with arrays. In this part, user-defined functions and the central concept of multiple dispatch are described. It will also survey Julia'smodule and package system, cover some syntax features, show how to makeplots, and briefly dip into macros and distributed computing.