I agree. 
My point was not a “let do all in pharo”, it was more against assumptions :)

Esteban

> On 15 Oct 2015, at 14:34, [email protected] 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I would see the FFI integration being much more approachable.
> 
> In R, Python, Tcl, and now Java with JNA things are going nicely.
> 
> Why is it a pain on our platform and why insist on doing all in Pharo?
> 
> This is holding us back.
> 
> Pharo is super strong at some things.
> 
> We just do not need it to be redoing everything when good business is at hand 
> and industry standard libs available.
> 
> A reason why we try to use libgit2 I guess. Something external.
> 
> Phil
> 
> Le 15 oct. 2015 14:29, "[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
> I guess you aren't doing lots of random forests.
> 
> RFs training is the best way to turn my PC into a heater.
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> Phil
> 
> Le 15 oct. 2015 14:19, "Esteban Lorenzano" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
> yeah but if this is a special case there is no problems on doing FFI bindings 
> and using an external library. 
> Precisely for that is FFI.
> 
> not that we have to integrate everything into the image :)
> 
> but… I would not be so fast in assume pharo performance will not be enough. 
> Unique form to know it is to do it and then see how you can optimise, if 
> needed :)
> 
> Esteban
> 
>> On 15 Oct 2015, at 09:51, stepharo <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> We do not want to be bound to install and maintain connection with fifteen 
>> different libs. 
>> 
>> Stef
>> 
>> Le 14/10/15 18:01, [email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]> a écrit :
>>> Not sure you would get enough performance on Pharo per se. Xe may be better 
>>> off leveraging a multicore enabled external lib. Like caret and doMC on R.
>>> 
>>> Le 14 oct. 2015 17:49, "Serge Stinckwich" <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
>>> I don't think so.
>>> 
>>> I followup your message on SciSmalltalk mailing-list.
>>> This is something that might interested us ;-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Damien Cassou < 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > did anyone implement a Random Forest algorithm in Pharo?
>>> >
>>> >     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_forest 
>>> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_forest>
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Damien Cassou
>>> > http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st 
>>> > <http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st/>
>>> >
>>> > "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
>>> > losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill
>>> >
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Serge Stinckwich
>>> UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC)
>>> Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
>>> http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/ <http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/>
>>> 
>> 
> 

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