Dear PDL users:

I will be attending the dutch Perl workshop.
http://www.perlworkshop.nl/nlpw2014/talks
Last year, nobody there knew that there was something like PDL.

I could at least give a small primer there on what it is, and for who.
Would that be a good idea ? And if yes: does anyone have material already ?
I could tell:
- what exsists: matlab / octave, c/c++, numpy, R, mathematica / maxima
- benefits of perl as basis (regexp, I/O, data cleaning, flexio)
- great performance
- known uses and library stacks based on PDL (take from
http://pdl.perl.org/?page=users  )
- my solution of running this in a multiple processor environment
- some examples of what I use it for

What do you think ?

Jan Hoogenraad wrote:
> Chris:
>
> How are you going to present & store this ?
> This question seems to pop up once in a while on this list.
>
> Only 1 change: apart from mainly using 2.4.5, I also use 2.4.7
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/pdl
>
> I will be upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 in 2014.
> As I see it now, that will be 2.4.11 at least:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/pdl
>
> http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=pdl
>
> All calculations on energy use of trains for the Netherlands Railroads are 
> done in Perl/PDL:
>
> http://conference.europoint.eu/railwaysandenvironment/friday.htm
> sheet 13:
> * NS makes use of a system for feedback without the need
> for energy metering on the trains
> • Makes use of section occupation data and smart statistics
> • Speed profile and relative energy consumption (light
> version, Hoogenraad Interface Services)
>
> The predictions of number of travellers for the Netherlands Railroads are at 
> least partially done in perl/PDL:
>
> http://www.vvs-or.nl/db/upload/documents/Journals/STAtOR/STAtOR_2010-1_totaal.pdf
>
>
>
> Why perl/PDL:
> * easy I/O and cleaning of contaminated data
> * quick to program
> * calculations easily distributed over a cluster
> * PDL (Perl Data Language) is great: the power matlab with the I/O
> and speed of Perl.
>
>
>
> Chris Marshall wrote:
>> Dear PDL Users-
>>
>> In an effort to gauge the progess of PDL development in functionality
>> and usability, I would invite you to reply to me or to list with a quick
>> message about your PDL use:
>>
>> - How long have you used PDL?
>> - What PDL version do you use?
>> - Best thing(s) about PDL
>> - Worst thing(s) about PDL
>> - I would use PDL more (or at all) if only ...
>> - Any suggestions for PDL development?
>>
>> 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)
>>
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