Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by aa_memon » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 3:45 AM UTC

Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by dang » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 5:24 AM UTC

Recent and related:

Modern Polars: A comparison of the Polars and Pandas dataframe libraries - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34275818 - Jan 2023 (62 comments)

Also:

Polars: Fast DataFrame library for Rust and Python - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29584698 - Dec 2021 (124 comments)

Polars: Rust DataFrames Based on Apache Arrow - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23768227 - July 2020 (1 comment)

Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by oofbey » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 6:10 AM UTC

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start a data analytics project in ruby.

Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by jay-barronville » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 6:20 AM UTC

oofbey wrote: post #3

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start a data analytics project in ruby.

Other than the lack of library/tools comparable to Python (hence projects like this one), why not?

Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by dajonker » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 6:32 AM UTC

oofbey wrote: post #3

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start a data analytics project in ruby.

Because you already have a Ruby project and you want add analytics to it?

Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 6:34 AM UTC

oofbey wrote: post #3

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start a data analytics project in ruby.

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Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by looopTools » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 7:34 AM UTC

oofbey wrote: post #3

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start a data analytics project in ruby.

- Because some like it better than Python/Julia/. - Because they want data analytics in a ruby application - Because Ruby is awesome

Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by peoplefromibiza » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 8:21 AM UTC

oofbey wrote: post #3

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start a data analytics project in ruby.

and why not?

Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by vidarh » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 8:31 AM UTC

oofbey wrote: post #3

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start a data analytics project in ruby.

Having done financial modelling and data analytics in Ruby: Because I like Ruby, all the other backend code in those projects was in Ruby, and most projects don't rely on data volumes where the lack of something like Polars is an issue to begin with.

Most people don't have large datasets (even many people who think they have large datasets). Some do, or require more complex supporting libraries, and I get that Ruby then often isn't practical for them, and that's fine.

But it's nice to know I now have one more option reducing my need to consider another language.

Re: Fast DataFrames for Ruby

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Post by claudiug » Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 8:48 AM UTC

oofbey wrote: post #3

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start a data analytics project in ruby.

I'm trying to imagine why somebody would start writing so hateful comment on hn. how empty the soul of that human can be?