Have you ever used a database? A DataFrame is just a database that’s stored in memory.
— John On Oct 25, 2014, at 5:37 AM, Daniel Carrera <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > This is a fairly naive question. I have observed for the last two years that > many people really like data frames. R users obviously like them, and the > Python and Julia communities thought it was worth adding that feature to > their languages too. However, as an astronomer, I have not yet had a problem > that would be solved by data frames. I use Julia to analyze hydrodynamic > simulations. I can imagine that data frames could have a role in photographic > data where some pixels are missing. > > Are you a scientist or engineer currently using data frames to solve a > problem? I would love to hear about what you do with data frames and why you > find them useful. > > Cheers, > Daniel.
