[FRIAM] remembering Swarm

[Russell Standish]

On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 10:40:00AM +0200, Pieter Steenekamp wrote:
> I like Python, but I also use other languages and I don’t think it’s the best
> for everything. For example, when I teach deep learning to business people who
> don’t code, I recommend R and H2O. R is simpler for non-coders and H2O can
> handle spreadsheet data better, for example when there is missing data or
> categorical inputs. My point is that Python is not hard, but it can be less
> friendly for busy managers who want to learn AI basics. This is when I compare
> Python/Scikit Learn with R/H2O, not even Python/Tensorflow which is very
> powerful but very difficult to learn for non-coders. One more thing, for the
> common business use case, I think R/H2O is more powerful than Python with
> typical deep learning platforms like Scikit Learn and Tensorflow.


I'll look up H2O. Not for my own purposes - as I said, I've gone all
in on Python, and still C++ is my natural environment, even Python I
find has some friction.

But, from you description, it looks like a natural competitor to a
product I'm working on called Ravel.


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