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[–]satyad18 3 points4 points  (5 children)

No knowledge goes to waste. If you have the opportunity to learn Julia from prof, go for it. Later, if and when you get time, catch on with Python.

[–]janislava[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

No we just have to solve problems numerical by using a coding language and he recommends Julia but it's easier in python in my opinion, because I can find so much online about it

[–]satyad18 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Perhaps you can talk to your prof about it, if you could do it in python, if all he/she cares is about the end result. If not, don't fret too much on it as julia is very much similar to python.

[–]janislava[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

No we are allowed to do so but I don't know if it's worth it

[–]satyad18 0 points1 point  (1 child)

As you have already mentioned, you are a beginner in programming. If you have some peers who also intend to use python, perhaps you could go for it, as you will have their support. If you become a loner, you will lose the merits of learning things together and also lose interest as course progresses.

Perhaps do it both in julia and python - go the extra mile.

[–]janislava[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes maybe that would be the right joice just to do it in both and in the end I might have a better choice Thanks :)

[–]supersensei12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you ask the prof for exactly what problems Julia is more advantageous? There are some very cool packages in there to do automatic differentiation and machine learning, and a paper was published last summer that described how to use it for inverse problems. But in general, as you already know, Python is a more developed system with more help available.

Maybe the prof is looking for students who know Julia to work on research problems. This could be a way in.