While I don't agree with many of these points, I do agree that some of these can be substantially improved. We continue to work hard at it. Some are research problems, while others need elbow grease.

Just to present the other side, here's a recent thread on Julia discourse about why people love Julia. Many chiming in there are recent users of Julia and I think it is insightful.

https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-as-few-lines-as-possibl...

One that I particularly enjoyed reading about:

https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-as-few-lines-as-possibl...