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LightTable started from Clojure. Larch is based on Python. Neither is based on Mathematica. edit: What I mean is that iPython Notebooks are one of the few too
by dvanduzer 12y ago
LightTable started from Clojure. Larch is based on Python.
Neither is based on Mathematica.
edit: What I mean is that iPython Notebooks are one of the few toolkits that are starting to take hold in academia in applications where Mathematica rules. Nobody in "serious number crunching academia" uses Clojure.
- noir_lord 12y agoI'm not a mathematician but last year iPython saved my bacon big style when I suddenly needed to convert a dozen pages of dense math to an API with no notice. I checked it all into iPython and then poked around playing with the equations to get a grasp of how they worked and what sane outputs would be, it was an incredibly powerful experience as it allowed me to visualise what was happening in a way I'd never been able to before, it also made me think there is a huge gap in the way math is taught in the UK, if I'd have had iPython when I was 15 I might not have needed to resit.
- dvanduzer 12y agoI recommend this to everybody with even a little bit of interest in mathematics: http://camdavidsonpilon.github.io/Probabilistic-Programming-and-Bayesian-Methods-for-Hackers/ http://camdavidsonpilon.github.io/Probabilistic-Programming-...