Thanks. On 25 October 2014 17:32, Tamas Papp <[email protected]> wrote:
> You may find the "Tidy Data" paper by H. Wickham is a good introduction: > http://vita.had.co.nz/papers/tidy-data.pdf > > It uses R's syntax, but I think R influenced the design of the Julia > libray a lot. > > Best, > > Tamas > > On Sat, Oct 25 2014, 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. > > -- When an engineer says that something can't be done, it's a code phrase that means it's not fun to do.
