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Exciting to see this, but it's painfully clear how much work there is to be done for Haskell to be a competitor to, for example, what is available in Python.
In what capacity? Speed, ease of use, libraries, safety?
I'm excited to read this, I just bought a copy. I'm presently debating between using Haskell or Clojure for data analysis here at work (or most likely some combination of the two), so the timing couldn't be better.
I think I lean toward haskell right now just because I'm doing .net full time and doing .net and anything even remotely related java ecosystem at the same time would probably make me crazy. It's my own mental hangup, but there it is.
Looks very interesting. I briefly skimmed the code samples on GitHub for Chapter 3 (about strings) and was surprised to see no mention of Text or ByteString. Surely those are integral for real world Haskell use when dealing with strings?
I'm excited to read this, I just bought a copy. I'm presently debating between using Haskell or Clojure for data analysis here at work (or most likely some combination of the two), so the timing couldn't be better.
This is a really shallow analysis, and I'm not claiming it's the god given truth. I've been following clojure for awhile, I've listened to--I think--all of Rich Hickey's talks. I've also been recently reading more and more about Haskell. I always come away feeling like they're two of the most "pure" language I've encountered. I don't mean that in a functionally pure way (though there's that too) but ideologically and…
So far, I've written all the "collection" type stuff in my system in Haskell, and I'm glad I ignored everyone's hemming and hawing about it, because it was actually a really pleasant experience. Now that I'm gathering a lot of disparate data, I'm in the "what the hell do I do with it?" phase of my project. I'm trying to resist sucking it all into Hadoop (partly because I'm a one-person operation and even a small Hadoop cluster would be larger than all of the systems that are generating the data that I'm monitoring, and partly because I can keep about a years worth of data comfortably in memory).
So I'm basically using this as an opportunity to try out whatever kinds of data analysis I think sound interesting, and then hopefully learning what is a good fit and what isn't. This is all uncharted territory for me, and I'm fortunate to be in a position where I can do what I want and don't have any time pressures.
I figure I can try to use this data to learn about statistical modeling, graph analysis, and machine learning. For the time being, I'm favoring Haskell for this, but that's not really any type of requirement. I just find that I enjoy Haskell a lot right now, so I should see how far I can go before the honeymoon ends and the awfulness is revealed.
I'm excited to read this, I just bought a copy. I'm presently debating between using Haskell or Clojure for data analysis here at work (or most likely some combination of the two), so the timing couldn't be better.
I have studied and still a fan of Haskell, only did some small sideline project with Haskell before. Would love to read this book. and maybe use it in the future.
Any plans for a Kindle or other ebook version? This looks like a fun presentation of an interesting topic, but I'd love to read it electronically on a laptop so I can try out the examples.
Yup! The eBook is here: http://www.packtpub.com/haskell-data-analysis-cookbook/book
On first visiting Packt site (thru link on your website) the paper+ebook bundle was shown as $43.99, and I sometimes spring for those if they're discounted enough, especially pre-order (as this is, or used to be anyway). On clicking through that to add to cart, it showed up as $54.99, and on going back to original page it now showed price at $54.99 also. Now the eBook showed up as $9.99 (don't recall what it was on original version of page) so I just went for that instead, as that was pretty well discounted... and it shows up as $10.00 when added to the shopping cart, not $9.99. Upon that, on completing purchase they announced a failure to deliver email to my supplied address (very rarely an issue.) hahaha not worth pinging Packt over a $.01 difference, and I suspect the earlier price changing issue might have been a sale promotion that was changing to a different price effective today (publication date?) or thereabouts, and perhaps old versions of the page were being served... but still... good thing Packt takes Paypal as that kind of thing leaves me a bit disinclined to supply them with my CC number...
Anyway, once purchased on Packt's site, they have an 'Email to Kindle' delivery option which worked within a few minutes.
Book looks very interesting, and likely a great way to dive in and learn Haskell. Looking forward to it!
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This is a really shallow analysis, and I'm not claiming it's the god given truth. I've been following clojure for awhile, I've listened to--I think--all of Rich Hickey's talks. I've also been recently reading more and more about Haskell. I always come away feeling like they're two of the most "pure" language I've encountered. I don't mean that in a functionally pure way (though there's that too) but ideologically and…
Yeah, I've followed Clojure from afar for the past two years or so, but haven't yet had a reason to use it at work. I like a lot about the way the language is laid out, and whenever I watch one of Rich Hickey's talks I find myself instinctively wanting to sell all my possessions and walk the earth handing out "Data is Code, Code is Data" tracts. The few times it's seemed like Clojure might be a good fit for something…
Sometimes I feel like programming paradigms are philosophical sects and I like thinking about them more because they can be incredibly abstract but have really concrete applications.
Glad to hear that you're digging haskell. The initial push into a language always has me a bit nervous, especially with something like haskell where I feel like I really need to dig in to get the feel for it. I know they say you don't need to know category theory to appreciate it, but I'm pretty interested in it anyway.
I'm sort of in a similar position (except in a corporate job). I have my day to day responsibilities, but I can keep those at bay with some diligence. I also have access to lots of really interesting data (I work for a really large retailer and can access 100% of our chat transcripts, for instance). It makes me really interested in text analysis, clustering, etc, and while there are other languages that seem like they might make more sense, pragmatically, this would be a side track and I think using haskell would be more interesting for myself, especially if I end up doing most of the work on it in my spare time, as kind of a for-fun but useful project.
Good luck with your data. Let me know if you decide to walk the earth talking about nonduality in programming; maybe I'll join you.