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Coiled Computing

by kevlar1818 on 4/25/20, 2:49 PM with 11 comments

  • by Nextgrid on 4/26/20, 3:58 AM

    I would appreciate if you clarified what Dask is at the beginning of the post. I'm a Python developer and it's the first time I hear about it and I had to scroll pretty much to the end for a link to its documentation.

  • by teetertater on 4/26/20, 6:30 PM

    Has anyone here had positive experiences with Dask?

    I chose it as an alternative to manual batching, where a dataset couldn't fit into memory. Anecdotally, it was great when it worked, but caused a lot of random bugs, and I spent more time fixing them than the time it saved in the first place. (This was mid-2019 so maybe it has improved since then)

  • by Optimal_Persona on 4/27/20, 12:07 AM

    It would be more true to GVR's original inspiration for the language if Python-based businesses named themselves things like "Ministry of Silly Walks", "The Antlers of Dictation", "Tobacconist", or "Bevis, Be Gentle!" rather than "Coiled", "Anaconda", etc. ;-)