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I know, literally, nothing about ML. Why's it better for a beginner? Can you recommend any implementations in particular? davidw above mentioned getting involv

by wihon 16y ago

I know, literally, nothing about ML. Why's it better for a beginner? Can you recommend any implementations in particular? davidw above mentioned getting involved with open source - have you got any suggestions for how to get stuck in? Thanks! :) P.S. Do you think it's necessary to have a presence on the web, i.e. through a blog, in order to make connections with other kindly programmers? I'm also thinking that as I'm starting from scratch, I could record my progress and potentially help other baby hackers.

gaius 16y ago
There're plenty of books, e.g. http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/BTML/ http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/BTML/ is very good. As a working professional with 15 years experience who has only gotten into strong inferred typing relatively recently I consider it a godsend; I wish I'd known about it from day 1. Most of the popular languages have a beginners mailing list, so just join that, ask questions if you're stuck, answer questions as you learn more. To "get involved" in open source, solve one of your own problems, tidy up the code, upload it to GitHub or wherever and announce it on the list.
- wihon 16y ago
  Thanks again for all the tips! Much appreciated. :)