There's a bunch of useful operations that games & animation systems perform frequently that are less common in other uses of linear algebra. For example: linear and spline interpolations.
The DirectXMath library is worth studying: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh437833(v=vs.85).aspx Similarly, the XNA math libraries: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb196942(v=xnagamestudio.35).aspx On Sunday, January 6, 2013 11:13:04 PM UTC-8, Mikera wrote: > > 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
