I've noticed that any time you need to use the word "still" to argue for something, you've usually already lost the debate or the larger point.

I can't imagine anyone writing a post along the lines of, "Why I still recommend SQL for querying databases", even though SQL was conceived back in the 70's. "Still", in this context more often than not suggests that a grasping-at-straws is taking place.

Julia has a lot of neat features, but at the end of the day, it's a research language rather than a getting things done language.