From: Admin Tensor <lists@...>
Date: 2012-09-10T02:46:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Using ruby for scientific computing

Olivier Saut wrote in post #1075180:
> Thanks for your answer !
> I also really like Ruby and would prefer to avoid switching to Python.
>
> I'll have a look at octave-ruby. I have also found a project
> http://sciruby.com that seems to be interesting. I am not sure how far
> it  has improved the situation for ruby in scientific computing though.

Hi,

Thanks for your pointer to sciruby.  I think it will take them some time
to make it usable for serious scientific computation (especially sparse
matrices) and even longer to make it comparable to Python's NumPy.

I also tried it once by writing RTensor on Windows
(http://tensor.heliohost.org/rtensor/) but it takes too much work and
time.  I think using Octave is the current practical solution, and I
think if we want to contribute to Ruby community, it is by finding a way
to easily integrate Octave and Ruby (beyond octave-ruby).

Regards,

Bill

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