[Matrix-SIG] Re: advocacy

[Tae-Sung Shin]

I am a newbie (and maniac)  for Python and JPython.
As a developer for numerical/statistical software,
I've been dreamed of a numerical software like (but beyond) 
Splus and Xlispstat with Python and JPython since I met them 
a couple of months ago.

To make story short, I will gradly participate if there is any
established development project for statistical/numerical 
software with (J)Python.

Tae-Sung Shin, Ph.D.
Statistician/Developer.

>make overall design decisions and sticking with them, etc.  Are list
>members willing and interested in an organized development effort
>aimed at creating a competitor to IDL?
>
>--jh--
>Joe Harrington
>Cornell University Space Sciences


From: "Yoon, Hoon (CICG - NY Program Trading)" <HYoon@exchange.ml.com>
To: matrix-sig@python.org
Subject: Re: [Matrix-SIG] advocacy
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:37:15 -0500
>> 
>>   I am NOT advocating usage of R at all, but it's nice to see something
>> already there. So, we can copy and learn from it.
>>   The above site contains R. If you know anything about S or Splus, then
>> you would find the free package called R very very close. By going this
>> way, the creator of R takes advantage of huge docs available in S and
>> Splus.
>>   Frankly, I have my own problem with Splus and will only use R for
>> regression analysis only; however, if Python ever achieves the state of R
>> -> Splus then I would never bother using anything else.
>>   It's a good place to find out how statistic code is put together and
>> also graphics are put together. R preserved Spluses plot, box, hist, and
>> most interestingly identify (check this out). This is also completely
>> cross platform on Unix and NT. 
>>   In addition, we can probably pick up things like dataframe and higher
>> statistics, which Python currently lacks. R is based on Scheme. I am sure
>> if they can do it in Scheme, it would be easy job with Python.
>>