Why erlang? It's a functional programming language, and it provides for concurrency.
More specifically, I've developed a neural network based nearest neighbour classifier, which I had programmed in MacForth initially, then reprogrammed in python when MacForth support stopped. Unfortunately, the python implementation is considerably slower than the forth; in addition, I need to add some functionality to the program which will require refactoring a significant portion of the code. I am seriously considering doing this reprogramming in another language, thus looking at functional programming languages. Haskell is not intuitive for me, erlang much more so. Also, since a number of the processes in my neural network can operate concurrently, I like the idea of writing it in a language which will give a speed boost on multicore machines. I'm looking for people to exchange ideas with! Henry On 2010-11-15, at 10:30 , Patricia Campbell wrote: > Ok, I'll bite, why erlang? > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Henry Olders <[email protected]> wrote: >> Any erlang programmers out there, or anyone working on learning erlang? >> _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
