[Antik-devel] ann: numerical-lisp on github.com

[Mirko Vukovic]

Based on a recent discussion<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/lisp-stat/sYBndICy_HA/discussion>on the Common Lisp Statistics group, I decided to start a github project 
numerical-lisp <https://github.com/mirkov/numerical-lisp>.

The purpose of the project is to serve as an ordered (as much as possible) 
collection of thoughts on what would make a useful and powerful system for 
numerical programming, analysis and visualization based on common-lisp.  I 
suspect the discussion will be taking place on the common lisp statistics 
group, antik, and maybe others.  I don't think that we should form yet 
another discussion forum.  Coding would start in the next few months.

The project would depend a great deal on Antik, gsll, cl-num-utils, and 
other numerical libraries.  The goal is not to start yet another 
incompatible numerical library.  Instead, the goal is to provide a flexible 
framework into which one can plug in existing libraries with relatively 
little modification.

When it comes to coding, there will be relatively little intense numerical 
or graphics coding.  Instead, we should use as many of already existing 
resources and libraries already available, and allow enough flexibility so 
as not to be locked to a particular library.  We should also look at other 
systems (R, numpy, Matlab, mathematica, Macsyma), and incorporate their 
best features, albeit in a lispy way.  The project may boil down to 
software engineering, and good language design (maybe we should study 
Fortress for hints)

Right now the project is quite empty, and I will add to it over the coming 
weeks.  Once I figure out how github operates for collaborative work, I 
would welcome contributions from others as well.

I hope this to be a community effort.

Mirko
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