From: Yugui <yugui@...>
Date: 2009-11-07T23:06:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:26590] Re: Add Standard Deviation Function to Math 	Module

2009/11/4 Yusuke ENDOH <mame@tsg.ne.jp>:
> - Should it be a core-embedded library, not standard library nor gem?
> - Should it be written in C, not Ruby?
> - Should it be written from the scratch? �Why don't we import existing
> �well-tested library? �For example, NArray provides standard deviation.

I believe statistics library is worth to bundled with Ruby.
But, at first, it should be a gem until it will get stable enough and
will be widely used.

BTW, I think NArray satisfies the conditions; stable enough and widely used.

-- Yuki Sonoda (Yugui)