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Programming mostly in \u003ca href=\"https://fediscience.org/tags/JuliaLang\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJuliaLang\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e but also \u003ca href=\"https://fediscience.org/tags/Octave\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eOctave\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e. Into \u003ca href=\"https://fediscience.org/tags/cycling\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003ecycling\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e 🚲 and dismayed at \u003ca href=\"https://fediscience.org/tags/Brexit\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBrexit\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e 🇪🇺.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable free on the Interweb at \u003ca href=\"http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttp://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003etiny.cc/nl5yuz\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e and ebook (PDF) for a price at \u003ca href=\"http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization\" 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