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SHOW HN2019
111points
29comments
#434of 2,195 in 2019
Top 20%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Dynamically typed feel with static type inference
From 1 comment
I really like that it feels like a dynamically typed language but with the security of type inference. That's really cool
jaupe on HN
Integrated SQL syntax and clear homepage content
From 2 comments
I like how SQL syntax is integrated into the language. That is very convenient. Can you compare/contrast this language with q? Can I write complex queries as I can do in q? How…
hx2a on HNThis is a great programming language homepage content wise. The copy and examples are good, gets right to the point. But the navigation needs some work. The problem is the top…
dmix on HN
Objections
Site navigation lacks clickable logo and footer links
From 1 comment
This is a great programming language homepage content wise. The copy and examples are good, gets right to the point. But the navigation needs some work. The problem is the top…
dmix on HN
Limited features in first beta, no charting or saving
From 2 comments
Very nice. I realize that it currently runs in a shell, but one ingredient I would absolutely want is built-in charting capabilities - especially when running back-tests etc.
floki999 on HNLooks very interesting. Is there (currently) any facility for saving work? Like writing dataframes and/or functions to disk? I had a quick look at the tutorial and source - but…
e12e on HN
Requests
Built-in charting and visualization
From 2 comments
Very nice. I realize that it currently runs in a shell, but one ingredient I would absolutely want is built-in charting capabilities - especially when running back-tests etc.
floki999 on HNVisualization is definitely important and I would love to hear anybody's thoughts on it. I think I should make a wrapper to an existing library, like matplotlib or ggplot2.
chrisaycock on HN
Performance improvements such as SIMD
From 1 comment
Looking at interpret.cpp for SIMD potential: I bet you could add an allocator for std::vector that aligns and pads everything to 32 bytes then just replace all of the scalar op…
corysama on HN
Questions
How does it compare to q and performance
From 2 comments
I like how SQL syntax is integrated into the language. That is very convenient. Can you compare/contrast this language with q? Can I write complex queries as I can do in q? How…
hx2a on HNAny comments on performance today or in the near future? Any features which should provide a big speedup in the future as compared to competitors (kdb, pandas)?
pnichols on HN
Ability to save dataframes and functions
From 1 comment
Looks very interesting. Is there (currently) any facility for saving work? Like writing dataframes and/or functions to disk? I had a quick look at the tutorial and source - but…
e12e on HN
Alternatives named
kdb
From 2 comments
Any comments on performance today or in the near future? Any features which should provide a big speedup in the future as compared to competitors (kdb, pandas)?
pnichols on HNThank you! Aside from non-free kdb, there are not much products available in the field. I will test it and see if it works for my tasks.
atemerev on HN
pandas
From 2 comments
Any comments on performance today or in the near future? Any features which should provide a big speedup in the future as compared to competitors (kdb, pandas)?
pnichols on HNThis looks cool! A few comments: - I peeked at the VVM implementation, since I've been looking for an implementation of data frames for my shell Oil [1]. I've looked at Hadley…
chubot on HN
q
From 1 comment
I like how SQL syntax is integrated into the language. That is very convenient. Can you compare/contrast this language with q? Can I write complex queries as I can do in q? How…
hx2a on HN
Julia
From 1 comment
This looks cool! A few comments: - I peeked at the VVM implementation, since I've been looking for an implementation of data frames for my shell Oil [1]. I've looked at Hadley…
chubot on HN