Python vs. Julia

[BrainAnnex]

A prospective contributor has suggested using Julia as a programming language - rather than the current Python.

Using Julia has crossed my mind... (especially since my name is JULIAn! 😂) but that would be a massive detour - and possibly dramatically cut the pool of people who can contribute.
 
However, if someone wants to explore a Julia version as a parallel track , I'd be all in favor of that.
 
I envision that the "heavy lifting" in the future will be done by GPU computing; so I remain skeptical about some speedup from Julia vs Python...
 
The "home-made" PDE/ODE solvers in Python that Life123 currently has, are just meant for a quick start, and as a baseline to compare other solutions to.

The PDE and ODE solving is meant to be delegated to 3rd-party open-source software... (see separate thread) ; so, those will take on a central role as the project revs up to larger scales.

If a phenomenal open-source PDE solver (with GPU support) were available in Julia, it'd definitely perk up my interest in Julia!