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I was really looking forward to probabilistic programming but then I saw this project is based on Julia. Not to keen on leaning Julia as I already know Python/C

I was really looking forward to probabilistic programming but then I saw this project is based on Julia. Not to keen on leaning Julia as I already know Python/C++/Java/Scala/R. Wish it was based on c++/python to at least get started with. Please let me know if there are other interesting probabilistic programming frameworks available or tutorials to get started with. Edit: https://medium.com/tensorflow/an-introduction-to-probabilistic-programming-now-available-in-tensorflow-probability-6dcc003ca29e https://medium.com/tensorflow/an-introduction-to-probabilist... There is support in tensorflow for probabilistic programming. How is this any different?

espeed 7y ago
Julia is fast becoming one of the great programming languages of our era. Julia is not going away, its usage is only becoming more pervasive. Imagine if you had learned Python 20 years ago. Julia's founding sponsor is Dr. Jeremy Kepner [1] who is the founder of MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center [2] and the founder of GraphBLAS [3]. Kepner's got a good eye for things, he knows what's coming down the pipe and what will be important in a language of the future. Learning Julia now means you'll be ahead of the curve for years to come. Your time will not be wasted. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(programming_language)#Sponsors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(programming_language)#S... [2] http://www.mit.edu/~kepner/ http://www.mit.edu/~kepner/ [3] http://graphblas.org http://graphblas.org
- sischoel 7y ago
  Spoiler alert: There is a GSoC student working on getting GraphBLAS working together with Julia.
- langitbiru 7y ago
  Julia needs something like PyTorch or Tensorflow equivalents.
  - ChrisRackauckas 7y ago
    https://fluxml.ai/ https://fluxml.ai/ ?
    - sischoel 7y ago
      And also https://github.com/denizyuret/Knet.jl https://github.com/denizyuret/Knet.jl https://github.com/malmaud/TensorFlow.jl https://github.com/malmaud/TensorFlow.jl
- locoman88 7y ago
  A few months ago, I was forced to work with Julia. What a dreadful experience. Matlabish syntax (did the creator of the language ask satan for advice?). Working with the namespaces is like waking with a stick in the a$$. Libraries are sparce, immature and buggy. The fanboys claim it's fast off the bat, but you only get fast results after lots of tweaks and tricks. Thanks God my manager came back to his senses and we reverted back to Python. I only wish failure, ridicule and complete obliteration to the Julia project

espeed 7y ago

Julia is fast becoming one of the great programming languages of our era. Julia is not going away, its usage is only becoming more pervasive. Imagine if you had learned Python 20 years ago. Julia's founding sponsor is Dr. Jeremy Kepner [1] who is the founder of MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center [2] and the founder of GraphBLAS [3]. Kepner's got a good eye for things, he knows what's coming down the pipe and what will be important in a language of the future. Learning Julia now means you'll be ahead of the curve for years to come. Your time will not be wasted. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(programming_language)#Sponsors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(programming_language)#S... [2] http://www.mit.edu/~kepner/ http://www.mit.edu/~kepner/ [3] http://graphblas.org http://graphblas.org

sischoel 7y ago
Spoiler alert: There is a GSoC student working on getting GraphBLAS working together with Julia.
langitbiru 7y ago
Julia needs something like PyTorch or Tensorflow equivalents.
- ChrisRackauckas 7y ago
  https://fluxml.ai/ https://fluxml.ai/ ?
  - sischoel 7y ago
    And also https://github.com/denizyuret/Knet.jl https://github.com/denizyuret/Knet.jl https://github.com/malmaud/TensorFlow.jl https://github.com/malmaud/TensorFlow.jl
locoman88 7y ago
A few months ago, I was forced to work with Julia. What a dreadful experience. Matlabish syntax (did the creator of the language ask satan for advice?). Working with the namespaces is like waking with a stick in the a$$. Libraries are sparce, immature and buggy. The fanboys claim it's fast off the bat, but you only get fast results after lots of tweaks and tricks. Thanks God my manager came back to his senses and we reverted back to Python. I only wish failure, ridicule and complete obliteration to the Julia project