Q1: That's a good question. To me, tensors could have their own habitat
within the JS scope, without handling existing data types, since they
typically serve different purposes.
Q2: I don't quite get what you mean by kernel-like API. Could you go
into more detail on that?
C1: Sure, that is what I said. It's easy to construct multi-dimensional
arrays already, but neither is there a shortcut for such arrays, like in
C++ with "new int[4][4][3]", nor is there a fast and parallel way of
working with data in a certain dimension.
C2: Machine learning is just a momentary hype. Who knows what it will be
in the next 5-10 years - nano*, quantum*, ... Whatever it is, the trend
goes into the direction of calculations of high-dimensional data - and
another trend is that all that will eventually land in the browser. So
tensors as an abstract algebraic object right at the finger tips of a JS
developer could facilitate all that.
I'm not sure if tensors are the best abstraction for DOM parallelism.
Furthermore, I think static changes should not go beyond 2- or 3
dimensional spaces. And as Boris said, it only works if one can make
sure there are no overlaps.
Robert
Am 27.01.18 um 04:49 schrieb Isiah Meadows:
Two questions:
1. Would APIs that operate on existing data types (rather than
tensors) work just as well?
2. Could there instead be a kernel-like API that could work on things
independently? Lower level APIs that enable equivalent high-level
constructs is a much better place to start.
And two comments:
1. You could easily emulate 2D arrays by simply using 1D arrays and
storing data in row- or column-major order. This is pretty well-known
at this point, and is how C/C++ allocate multi-dimensional arrays
internally.
2. Data parallelization requires special consideration, and I can
assure you, machine learning isn't the only thing that could stand to
benefit from this. It needs to be broad enpugh that other non-data
applications can benefit from it. (Applying DOM changes from a static
change list is an embarassingly parallel\* problem. So anything that
could speed this up by a substantial bit could be infinitely useful to
anyone using Angular, React, Ember, or any other framework out there.)
\* Yes, that's a technical term. Look it up on Wikipedia.
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