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Julia has a built-in implementation of semantic versioning exposed through the VersionNumber type. To construct a VersionNumber as a literal, the @v_str string macro can be used: julia> vers = v"1.2.0" v"1.2.0" Alternatively, one can call the VersionNumber constructor; n...

The Compat.jl package enables using some new Julia features and syntax with older versions of Julia. Its features are documented on its README, but a summary of useful applications is given below. 0.5.0 Unified String type In Julia v0.4, there were many different types of strings. This system was...