I have the same feeling. Perl5 has PDL which we have been using for data analysis. While Raku seems to lack this.
Regards. On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 7:42 AM Aureliano Guedes <guedes.aureli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to learn Raku deep enough to build a data structure. I have > experience with Perl5, Python, R, and even C/C++, then I get boring > feelings to learn something new from the beginning. Also, I prefer learning > a new language by applying f to something. > > Since I work with data analysis and data science, I'd like to try to > develop a data structure to dataframe in pure Raku. And if I do a basic but > useful thing capable to load a field delimited file (as CSV or TSV) into a > dataframe, I'll transform in a package and upload it to GitHub to > comparatively enhance the package. > What I need is suggestions for how do I start it. > - How I define a data structure: an array of arrays? > - Given the raku itself (and maybe some already existing packages) what > the structures and functions I may use. > > I got these ideas to start: > > The dataframe should support columns name to be called as: > > df.column1 > > and it should return a list of values on this column. > Also, when it read the delim file it should check each column type. > > > All suggestions are welcome. > > > > -- > Aureliano Guedes > skype: aureliano.guedes > contato: (11) 94292-6110 > whatsapp +5511942926110 >
