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Wow. This is very much needed. That being said, to what end are they going for ?

I think this was posted in response to this article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3179370) rather than because of some recent update.

That is correct. I am somewhat connected to a few guys working on this, and I saw the article and thought I would share.

I WAS just gonna ping that guy and let him know about it haha

> This is very much needed.

Why? (just curious) SciPy is mature, popular, and has already been heavily peer-reviewed. Then there are R an Matlab and ...

What does SciRuby bring to the table that makes it stand out from the rest?

Some labs do lots of work in Ruby. It would be nice to stick with Ruby for analysis of your data as well. Kindof like the cas for server-side JavaScript: less friction between code in the server and browser.

in addition to jergason's response, sciruby allows/facilitates:

1. better chaining of commands 2. blocks and enumerators 3. integration with rails and other web services 4. a dynamic community

see http://www.floss4science.com/interview-sciruby-team/

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