I agree, use Clojure vectors whenever it's feasible. Even within Incanter, which uses Parallel Colt extensively, I try never to convert Clojure vectors into Colt vectors/matrices unless it's absolutely necessary.
David On Oct 26, 2:23 pm, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hin...@fastmail.net> wrote: > On 26 Oct 2009, at 17:14, Rock wrote: > > > Just one more thing. It's still not really clear to me if I am better > > off using Java arrays (make-array ...) or clojure vectors especially > > when dealing with multidimensional arrays. I know that if use Java > > libraries such as Colt, I have no choice. But in general? What do you > > think? > > Using Clojure's built-in data structures is almost always the best > choice until you have a good reason to use something else. In the case > of arrays, that good reason is likely to be > 1) memory usage, once your data sets become big, > 2) performance, either because of the size of the data sets or because > some algorithm needs very frequent access > 3) interoperability with Java libraries such as Colt. > > As long as you work with small enough datasets, stick to Clojure > vectors. > > Konrad. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
