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> It may not ever surpass Python in terms of raw users, because Julia is focused on numerical computing, but Python is more general purpose.

That isn't the case. Julia's primary focus is scientific/numeric, but it's also general purpose. Take a look at Julia Robotics, for instance:

http://www.juliarobotics.org/

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Julia is focused on numerical computing, not exclusively for numerical computing. Note that Julia has built in n-D arrays and useful operations, while Python requires the numpy package (or other similar package) for them. Julia's Matlab-esque syntax makes it clear where its priorities lie.

You could call any Turing-complete language with I/O a general purpose language, but some are clearly designed for certain tasks.

Julia will be general purpose when it has its own popular web framework. To be an all-round language it must not be second rate with text processing for the sake of being excellent with math.

http://genieframework.com/

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