Hey Paul, Maggie Xiong, the author of PDL::Stats <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdl-stats/>, may have an interest in this work, and may also have a recommendation for a name. I've CC'd her to help with any ensuing conversation. :-)
David On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:12 PM, John M Gamble <jgam...@ripco.com> wrote: > On 7/22/2014 11:55 PM, Paul Bennett wrote: > >> I'm in the process of writing a Perl module that provides a practical >> implementation of the statistics language described at >> http://ashishagarwal.org/2011/10/04/pdf-type-theory/ which would >> compile programs in that language to Perl objects that provide >> ->pdf($n), ->cdf($n), and ->rand() methods (providing the probability >> density at $n, the cumulative probability for $n, and a random number >> generated by a given script in that language, respectively). >> >> Right now, I'm pondering the name Statistics::Language::BAVC (the >> initials of the authors of the paper). >> >> If anyone's got any better ideas, now's your chance to speak up. >> > > I've just skimmed the paper. Even though they don't have a name for their > own technique, it seems risky to just name it out of the blue. > > Have you tried contacting the authors and asking if they've come up with a > term? > > I agree that Statistics::Language is probably the prefix to use for your > module. > > -john > > -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." -- Brian Kernighan
