From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-05-15T11:15:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Any population geneticists out there? interested in a Ruby SIG?

Phil Rhoades wrote:
> People,
> 
> I have previously done all my simulation work in C/C++ (as a C++
> exercise really) but it would be nice to do further work in Ruby
> (although I am concerned about performance for big simulations - might
> need a C interface?).  Using Ruby for large scale redevelopments is
> probably not going to be possible until I get the thesis finished but it
> would be good if I had some idea if there are other people doing things
> of interest who are interested in chatting about stuff.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phil.

"Simulation" is a pretty broad term, including discrete-event 
simulation, for example. What sort of simulations do population 
geneticists do?