I would be much interested.
There are a few initiatives out there to interface VW with python, e.g.
https://github.com/shilad/PyVowpal
I haven't tested this one myself but I have the feeling that it's a proof
of concept rather than a long term solution.
One important point to keep in mind is that the benefit of using VW is
super fast learning of gigantic datasets in streaming (from disk or
network) mode.
I guess 2 issues might need to get addressed :
1/ stream api : do we have a mature API to learn from a stream ?
2/ options management : how do we expose options in VW itself given that
many are added/udpated on a regular basis ?
<my 2cents/>
E/
2013/1/27 Gael Varoquaux <[email protected]>
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 02:16:12PM -0500, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> > -* Python bindings for the library above ;)
> > +* Persuade Wes&Gael to furnish Python bindings for the library above ;)
>
> :). I don't use VW myself, but I am sure that other people on the
> scikit-learn mailing list do, and could pitch in here.
>
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