Scipy/Numpy had a head start in this area long before others should up in the Open source space.
On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 10:46:18 PM UTC-4, Mars0i wrote: > > > > On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:17:15 PM UTC-5, Gregg Reynolds wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mar 24, 2017 5:05 PM, <piast...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > This did get me thinking though. If the community *did* want to score >> highly >> > on some of these metrics, what would those be? >> >> I'll be happy so long as Clojure is the popular choice for doing the >> things where it's advantages should matter: machine learning, AI, NLP, >> concurrent programming. >> >> It drives me crazy that Python is doing so well in all of the areas where >> Clojure should be winning. There are such beautiful libraries for working >> with vectors and matrices with Clojure, which should obviously help with >> NLP, yet people use Python instead. Likewise, so much of machine learning >> should be done as work in parallel, and Clojure makes that easy, yet Python >> is preferred. Drives me crazy. >> >> >> doesn't drive me mad, but it does puzzle ans annoy me. puzzle: why is >> it? not sure, personally. >> >> >> These last few years I've been at a lot of NLP startups, and the choice >> of Python makes me sad. >> >> > I thought that Python had a big head start. Is that incorrect? > > OO is still dominant, overall, and FP requires a big transition. If > you're a Java programmer, which is a more natural choice? Python or > Clojure? Sure, Clojure is more closely tied to the JVM, but you don't > write JVM code. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
