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/> >>> >> >
