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As one of the main contributors to SciNim, let me tell you that we're painfully aware of the size of our community. But when evaluating these things keep the f

As one of the main contributors to SciNim, let me tell you that we're painfully aware of the size of our community. But when evaluating these things keep the following in mind: - we're very active on matrix / discord [0][1] and more than willing to provide significant help to anyone who wishes to use Nim for scientific computing - all of us that do use Nim for scientific computing wouldn't do it, if it wasn't feasible. While we're small, we do have all functionality that any of us need & in the cases where specific things are lacking, we have the ability to call Python [2], Julia [3] and R code [4]. And just keep in mind, every community starts small. :) [0]: https://matrix.to/#/#nim-science:envs.net https://matrix.to/#/#nim-science:envs.net [1]: https://discord.gg/f5hA9UK3dY https://discord.gg/f5hA9UK3dY [2]: https://github.com/yglukhov/nimpy/ https://github.com/yglukhov/nimpy/ [3]: https://github.com/clonkk/nimjl https://github.com/clonkk/nimjl [4]: https://github.com/clonkk/nimjl https://github.com/clonkk/nimjl

zanellia 5y ago
Thanks for the answer! What I would find very useful is an API that allows one to call directly BLAS/LAPACK routines. Is that possible in SciNim? If not, how difficult would it be to write the necessary wrappers? I had a quick look at the repo, but could not find the answer myself :p
- V1ndaar 5y ago
  We have both raw wrappers for BLAS: https://github.com/andreaferretti/nimblas https://github.com/andreaferretti/nimblas as well as LAPACK: https://github.com/andreaferretti/nimlapack https://github.com/andreaferretti/nimlapack For an example, consider calling the least squares routine `dgelsd` in arraymancer: https://github.com/mratsim/Arraymancer/blob/master/src/arraymancer/linear_algebra/helpers/least_squares_lapack.nim https://github.com/mratsim/Arraymancer/blob/master/src/array... wrapped up in a nicer user facing API. Feel free to hop onto matrix, if you have more questions!
  - zanellia 5y ago
    Pretty cool! nimblas in particular is what I was looking for. Will move to matrix if I have any other question ;)

zanellia 5y ago

Thanks for the answer! What I would find very useful is an API that allows one to call directly BLAS/LAPACK routines. Is that possible in SciNim? If not, how difficult would it be to write the necessary wrappers? I had a quick look at the repo, but could not find the answer myself :p

V1ndaar 5y ago
We have both raw wrappers for BLAS: https://github.com/andreaferretti/nimblas https://github.com/andreaferretti/nimblas as well as LAPACK: https://github.com/andreaferretti/nimlapack https://github.com/andreaferretti/nimlapack For an example, consider calling the least squares routine `dgelsd` in arraymancer: https://github.com/mratsim/Arraymancer/blob/master/src/arraymancer/linear_algebra/helpers/least_squares_lapack.nim https://github.com/mratsim/Arraymancer/blob/master/src/array... wrapped up in a nicer user facing API. Feel free to hop onto matrix, if you have more questions!
- zanellia 5y ago
  Pretty cool! nimblas in particular is what I was looking for. Will move to matrix if I have any other question ;)