[plt-scheme] PLanet should indicate which PLT version is required

My goal for this year is to extend the science collection and the new plot
package I am working on (and to a lesser extent the simulation and inference
collections) into something I am calling schemelab.  Basically, it would
provide (as I said in the previous post) something similar to Python's
numpy, scipy, and matplotlib for analysis, along with a simulation
capability - I also do a fair amount of agent-based simulation in PLT
Scheme.

Any ideas, etc would be welcome.  One thing I don't currently have in the
science collection - and which is critical to the basic structure - is a
good matrix representation/manipulation module.  I've implemented some for
specific analyses I am doing, but they are very inefficient and not nearly
as convenient as what numpy provides for Python.  If anyone can point me to
some good implementations, or provide some ideas, it would be appreciated.

Doug

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Richard Cleis <rcleis at mac.com> wrote:

> On Mar 1, 2008, at 7:53 PM, Doug Williams wrote:
>
> The Python user's in this case went to it because it was an open-source,
> free (as in beer) alternative to Matlab.  With scipy, numpy, matplotlib, etc
> they put together a reasonable analysis package in Python.  But, they don't
> tend to be fanatics about the language/tools as our Matlab users are.
>
>
> My situation is: almost everyone uses Matlab, and they think that anything
> else is a tool of fanatics :)
>
>   [And, tje Matlab users may have a point.  Matlab is a very good tool for
> doing engineering analysis.  Although it is a bit expensive, per seat, for
> small organizations and projects to justify sometimes.]   I am trying to get
> them a similar level of capability in PLT Scheme, e.g. with the science
> collection and a new plot collection, as they have with Python.
>
>
> I haven't had time to implement your collections, but I am sure that they
> could be useful for some of the operational tools that DrScheme hosts here;
> analysis tools can be useful for synthesis, too.
>
> rac
>
>
>
> Doug
>
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Richard Cleis <rcleis at mac.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Mar 1, 2008, at 8:12 AM, Doug Williams wrote:
> >
> > > ...[I'll probably never win over the hardcore Matlab users, but the
> > > Python users are a different story.]
> >
> > How/Why are the Pysters different?
> >
> > rac
> >
> >
>
>
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