From: Cameron McBride <cameron.mcbride@...>
Date: 2007-11-20T09:48:38+09:00
Subject: Re: enterprise ruby

On 11/14/07, Edwin Van leeuwen <edder@tkwsping.nl> wrote:
> Cameron McBride wrote:
> > It'd be great to find a few like minded people and work together to
> > garner and keep momentum for such a project.  Given the small number
> > of interested people, and the fact that "like-minded solutions" don't
> > seem to overlap between them - I'm skeptical of it happening.  However
> > unlikely, I still cling to hope...  ;)
> >
>
> What would you like to see in such a project. Would you like something
> that binds together existing c libraries (gsl/lapack etc) or would you
> like to build it all up from scratch?

well, I think there are great libraries in both C and ruby versions (C
extensions).  I really like how rb-gsl and NArray allow crosstalk.  I
think a lot could be done with some thought and further syncing of
these efforts.

GSL is nice, but it'd also be great to use lapack/blas libraries.
Rnum looks interesting, but admittedly, I haven't done much with it.
Also, there are some quirks to these solutions that would require some
thought (it's not yet clear to me if it can be solved with a subclass
type plan, or a tweak to the "core").

In any case, I have a fairly well thought out list that I've been
playing with for years, but that is better discussed elsewhere
(sciruby perhaps).

Cameron