Re: Contributions to MLlib

2014-05-22 Thread Xiangrui Meng
Hi Meethu, Thanks for asking! Scala is the native language in Spark. Implementing algorithms in Scala can utilize the full power of Spark Core. Also, Scala's syntax is very concise. Implementing ML algorithms using different languages would increase the maintenance cost. However, there are still m

Contributions to MLlib

2014-05-22 Thread MEETHU MATHEW
Hi, I would like to do some contributions towards the MLlib .I've a few concerns regarding the same. 1. Is there any reason for implementing the algorithms supported  by MLlib in Scala 2. Will you accept if  the contributions are done in Python or Java Thanks, Meethu M