> Hi Alexandre,
>
>  My question about a connection between Pharo and Python [1] is
> related to the issue you are reporting.
> In Python, they have numpy [2], which offers almost anything one would
> need for statistics, algebra, ...
> Instead of re-implementing everything in Pharo (aka re-inventing the wheel),
> imho, it would be much better to be able to exploit the good work
> already done by these smart people.
>
> My interest to Alien FFI is also related: Instead of using numpy, one
> could use the external interface offered by MATLAB [3] (in the form of
> C APIs) to let it do the number crunching. Even though the MATLAB
> external interface is very simple and clean, I have not being able to
> use it from Pharo, yet, because I cannot make Alien work under Linux
> (where my MATLAB resides). I have also tried nativeboost, but I am
> still not able to create the VM with the necessary plugin to make it
> work.
> It is very frustrating: Even if I am working with Fernando (who knows
> Alien very good), in three days we have not reach any target.
>
> It would be awesome if someone else wanted to give me a hand with this task:
> I believe It would be of interest for many of us.
>
> Cheers,
>  Alberto
>
>
> [1] http://markmail.org/message/bvk2gkue6kd4vqzo
> [2] http://numpy.org/
> [3] http://maxwell.me.gu.edu.au/spl/matlab-page/apiext.pdf
>
> On 28 September 2010 20:10, Alexandre Bergel <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi!
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>> Is there a statistic library in Pharo?
>> Computing the correlation, linear regression, ...
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>> Cheers,
>> Alexandre
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