On 2013-11-17 at 19:39:53 -0500, Chris Marshall wrote: > Dear PDL Users- > > - How long have you used PDL?
Since around 2010, when I was using it to develop functionality for an image annotation GUI written with Tkx. > - What PDL version do you use? 2.007 > - Best thing(s) about PDL I really like the dataflow feature because I don't have to repeat myself when working with slices as I would in other array processing packages. > - Worst thing(s) about PDL Better documentation would probably help get more use of PDL both in the Perl community and by new users. I'm thinking of tutorials that range from simple problems to more complex examples that demonstrate how to incorporate PDL into numerical processing. > - I would use PDL more (or at all) if only ... If I had more of the same packages for my research (biomedical imaging) available that I have in MATLAB and C++. I definitely need to learn more XS/PP. A lot of the libraries I use in C++ use many templates, so binding them can be difficult. I would like to add Perl support to CableSWIG <http://www.itk.org/ITK/resources/CableSwig.html>, but my XS skills aren't there yet. If anyone knows of another way to approach this, I would like to know. > - Any suggestions for PDL development? I came across this article today: <http://www.talyarkoni.org/blog/2013/11/18/the-homogenization-of-scientific-computing-or-why-python-is-steadily-eating-other-languages-lunch/>. Many other researchers I know are going the Python route and there are many useful packages there. TIMTOWDI: I use Python/NumPy for some tasks if it can get me to a working solution faster because of existing libraries/bindings. Perhaps the available examples for Python (or even R, MATLAB, etc.) can be adapted to PDL. Regards, - Zaki Mughal [sivoais on #pdl] > The goal is to improve the PDL experience and to encourage a > broader PDL user community. > > Thanks much, > Chris Marshall (PDL-2.007 release manager) > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
