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R, python or ruby would be a start C would be a dream spend the time to find folks that know R or similar and have written extensions. You want doers, not acad
by lessthunk 11y ago
R, python or ruby would be a start
C would be a dream
spend the time to find folks that know R or similar and have written extensions. You want doers, not academics.
- mauricemir 11y agoWould not FORTRAN make more sense than C if a real compiled language is required for performance.
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- threeseed 11y agoActually R, Python and Scala are the best languages for data science. All three have great library support e.g. Spark and are the primary languages for big data.
- pjmlp 11y agoActually Fortran and C++ would be better options than C.
- TheLogothete 11y agoActually you most probably want to learn Java or .NET, not make an enormous investment in C++ so you can do high performance stuff. If you want that kind of performance (very rare) you can contract it out. You can't contract out proof of concepts though.
- pjmlp 11y agoTrue, but there is a certain stigma against those languages in HPC. Otherwise, something like accelerate, Alea GPU or Aparapi might be better approaches.
- mauricemir 11y agoyes but Java is such a swine to get to grips with for things like hadoop. Back when I did MR I found Pl/1G much easier to get to grips with then having to spend 90% of your development time trying to work out the Godammed class-path and getting eclipse to work.