Yep, the idea is to be flexible enough to support many different implementations.
The pure Clojure version should be very easy to use and flexible since it uses regular Clojure persistent vectors. The trade-off is of less performance compared to the Java/native implementations. As an added bonus, writing a pure Clojure version is useful for testing / validating the design of the API before we extend it to more complex implementations. On Sunday, 6 January 2013 12:54:08 UTC+8, Rob Lachlan wrote: > > I really like this idea -- I think there's a need for a dedicated matrix > computation library in clojure. I really like the idea of having matrix > operations implemented in clojure (I think that you have this in > persistent_vector.clj) but also being able to call on java libraries. > > > On Saturday, January 5, 2013 2:00:23 AM UTC-8, Mikera wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I've been experimenting with a common API / abstraction for matrix and >> vector maths in Clojure: >> >> https://github.com/mikera/matrix-api >> >> The idea is: >> - Provide a clear, consistent API for matrix and vector operations >> - Support multiple different underlying implementations (e.g. native >> code via JBLAS vs pure Java like vectorz-clj) >> - Provide a base which other libraries that need to consume matrices can >> build upon (e.g. Incanter) >> - Offer good performance while still presenting a reasonably flexible >> high level API >> >> I think this could be very useful for the Clojure community, especially >> given the interest in big data, simulations, machine learning, 3D graphics >> etc. If it goes well and there is enough interest, I guess that this could >> form the basis for a future "core.matrix" library. >> >> Comments / ideas / patches welcome. >> >> Mike. >> > -- 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
