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0 pointsorf9y ago0 comments

Except without the great Python ecosystem and without great projects like Numpy/Scipy

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pjmlp9y ago· 2 in thread

Numpy/Scipy are only relevant to a minor set of computer users, and even then, there are alternatives like LANPACK and BLAS.

Also Java and .NET ecosystems are just a little bigger than Python.

orfOP9y ago

> there are alternatives like LANPACK and BLAS.

LANPACK + BLAS = scipy

> Numpy/Scipy are only relevant to a minor set of computer users..

> ... Java and .NET ...

Being able to describe things with a syntax that looks almost like pseudocode and runs highly-optimized C/Fortran code to do heavy lifting has huge, huge advantages.

pjmlp9y ago

> LANPACK + BLAS = scipy

Thanks, I already knew that.

> Being able to describe things with a syntax that looks almost like pseudocode and runs highly-optimized C/Fortran code to do heavy lifting has huge, huge advantages.

Hence we are back at Scala, Clojure, F#, enjoying the respective AOT/JIT native code compilers, and integrating with that highly-optimized C/Fortran code.

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