[racket] DSL for multi-dimensional datasets?

Perhaps the right approach is to migrate/adapt/port the R library to Racket? 

That way you get what you need, plus experience in building a DSL, plus the power and speed of Racket. 




On Nov 5, 2012, at 11:32 PM, Asumu Takikawa wrote:

> On 2012-11-06 15:22:49 +1100, Simon Haines wrote:
>>   As part of my work, I frequently have to 'shape' multi-dimensional
>>   datasets. This is reasonably easy to do in Racket and I'm thinking
>>   about pulling together some of the functions I use into a library.
>>   Before I do this though, I was wondering if there is any similar work I
>>   can build upon, or perhaps use to guide me.
>> 
>>   [...]
>> 
>>   I haven't worked out the details yet, and I'm not sure the above will
>>   work the way I want it to. But I've had a quick look at Microsoft's
>>   Scientific DataSet ([1]http://sds.codeplex.com/), but it lacks the
>>   composability I'm used to with Racket. Is anyone aware of any similar
>>   work that does this, or that I could use as a guide?
> 
> I don't know about Racket, but have you seen the 'reshape' library in R?
> It's very flexible and is probably one of the state of the art designs
> in this space.
> 
> Here's a journal article describing its design:
>  http://www.jstatsoft.org/v21/i12/paper
> 
> and its website:
>  http://had.co.nz/reshape/
> 
> Cheers,
> Asumu
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