From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53541BC69 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:10:37 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ah4FALWJ+EbAXQInemdsb2JhbACHG4ZuIgEBCQqBEA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.20,295,1186351200"; d="scan'208";a="16748625" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 25 Sep 2007 13:10:37 +0200 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l8PBAYqs016392 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:10:36 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAACyJ+EaK+jBTn2dsb2JhbACHG4ZuIgEBAQEHBAYHCBhp X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.20,295,1186351200"; d="scan'208";a="3221554" Received: from unknown (HELO mailgate-4.central.cranfield.ac.uk) ([138.250.48.83]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 25 Sep 2007 13:10:34 +0200 Received: from [193.63.240.161] (helo=exchange1.cds.cranfield.ac.uk) by mailgate-4.central.cranfield.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ia8JD-0005f0-Bq for caml-list@inria.fr; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:10:31 +0100 Received: from 193.63.247.68 ([193.63.247.68]) by exchange1.cds.cranfield.ac.uk ([193.63.240.161]) via Exchange Front-End Server mail.cds.cranfield.ac.uk ([193.63.240.201]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:02:11 +0000 Received: from mikhaa by mail.cds.cranfield.ac.uk; 25 Sep 2007 12:01:18 +0100 Subject: Ocaml for Scientific computing From: Alex Mikhalev To: caml-list Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:01:18 +0100 Message-Id: <1190718078.5901.18.camel@mikhaa> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 46F8ECAA.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 lacaml:01 someones:98 macosx:01 parsing:01 modules:02 modules:02 compiling:02 fftw:02 theoretical:03 alex:03 alex:03 problem:05 computing:05 Dear all, I am wondering is anyone using Ocaml for scientific computing? I didn't mean parsing, but for number crunching applications, like signal/image analysis. Is it suitable for this kind of tasks in general? I would like to hear from someone practically using it, not just theoretical possibility. I have read "Ocaml for Scientists" and although it gave me some very good ideas, I didn't manage to repeat a number of examples with modules from this book. I had a problem compiling or using scientific modules (lacaml, fftw, some others) on linux and macosx and since some of these modules look like someones graduate project, I would like to hear from people practically using ocaml for mathematical simulations or analysis. Preferable with OS, modules, problems encountered. Regards, Alex