[PRE REVIEW]: Optim: An optimization package for Julia

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Submitting author: @anriseth (Asbjørn Nilsen Riseth)
Repository: https://github.com/JuliaNLSolvers/Optim.jl
Version: v0.14.0
Editor: @labarba
Reviewer: @ahwillia

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[anriseth]

Of the existing reviewers, may I suggest @vchuravy and @ahwillia? They both know Julia very well, and machine learning backgrounds may be helpful in terms of optimization.
Another person in the Julia optimization community that has a an appropriate background is @abelsiqueira.

[anriseth]

The article proof looks fine. I'll also cc @pkofod

[ahwillia]

I'm happy to review.

I've used this package extensively in the past and have had mostly good experiences. I haven't used it in the past year or so.

[abelsiqueira]

I can review as well.

[labarba]

@whedon assign @ahwillia as reviewer

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OK, the reviewer is @ahwillia

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@whedon start review magic-word=bananas

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OK, I've started the review over in #615. Feel free to close this issue now!

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Thank you for agreeing to review, @ahwillia — Please go over to the REVIEW issue now, where you can use comments to communicate with the author and editors as you complete your review.
#615

@anriseth — In your paper, I do miss some brief note about existing software providing similar functionality (in the same or other programming language). We don't have a novelty requirement, but we do want to see other software mentioned or cited, as appropriate.