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Wow. This is very much needed. That being said, to what end are they going for ?

• pdenya 15y ago
  I think this was posted in response to this article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3179370 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3179370) rather than because of some recent update.
  • skadamat 15y ago
    I WAS just gonna ping that guy and let him know about it haha
  • jergason 15y ago
    That is correct. I am somewhat connected to a few guys working on this, and I saw the article and thought I would share.
• lrfunk 15y ago
  > This is very much needed. Why? (just curious) SciPy is mature, popular, and has already been heavily peer-reviewed. Then there are R an Matlab and ... What does SciRuby bring to the table that makes it stand out from the rest?
  • jergason 15y ago
    Some labs do lots of work in Ruby. It would be nice to stick with Ruby for analysis of your data as well. Kindof like the cas for server-side JavaScript: less friction between code in the server and browser.
  • jtprince 15y ago
    in addition to jergason's response, sciruby allows/facilitates: 1. better chaining of commands 2. blocks and enumerators 3. integration with rails and other web services 4. a dynamic community see http://www.floss4science.com/interview-sciruby-team/ http://www.floss4science.com/interview-sciruby-team/