On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Chris Marshall wrote: > .. > > (2) A persistent theme in the user lists was > how to find and use PDL functionality. > It is nice that some of Daniel Carrera's > work last summer and our documentation > review and update seems to address some > of those issues. (e.g., Does PDL have a > matrix inversion routine?)
Yes, PDL has so many functions that it would be great to be able to find them somehow even if one doesn't know their name. I guess the only way might be via a book/cookbook, something as comprehensive as the original Perl Cookbook. Hopefully something like [http://punkish.org/PDL-Functions] might help. > > (3) PP is arguably the secret engine of PDL. > Maybe Craig would be interested in a > colloquium on the subject? I think we're > getting close to the point of working on > some of those PDL 3.0 ideas... :-) I still have no idea how to use PP, and would love a colloquium on it. > > (4) Thanks for the PDL book. From the list > it seems we are lucky to have what we have. > Maybe now is the time to work up a more > comprehensive PDL introduction text. > The PDL book is incredible. I recently gave a talk on PDL, and I used many examples from the book. They made for an entertaining and informative presentation. Puneet. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
