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R, Python and open software applications are going to be a very fierce contender in machine learning, image recognition, data mining and statistics. I wonder
by noreasonw 11y ago
R, Python and open software applications are going to be a very fierce contender in machine learning, image recognition, data mining and statistics. I wonder if close source is going to compete with the 5000 packages available in R and in the future more and more people are going to be able to improve on the shoulder of giants.
- tormeh 11y agoWell, the philosophy for the Wolfram language is different. Basically, their approach seems to be "put everything imaginable in the standard library", which is kinda awesome, actually. Should be more coherent and discoverable.
- blt 11y agoI like the idea. programming today takes way too much effort wiring up libraries. I wish they would find a way to make it cheaper though.
- rhodin 11y agoDiscoverability of functionality in the system, and common ways to put things together, is an important topic. We (I'm an employee) are constantly improving our documentation system to make it easier to see what's there. With over a hundred thousand examples there's a lot of ground covered but more initiatives in this area are rolling out.