Re:Calculus with Julia
by richrichie on Sunday May 19, 2024 @07:12PM
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> and just auto differentiate the whole thing automatically
Not so simple as it sounds. A lot of speed advantages of Julia comes from doing in place ops on arrays and Zygote does not work with in place updates. So you end up copying and then at that point Python + PyTorch becomes a superior choice as Python is the de facto the universal language.
Not so simple as it sounds. A lot of speed advantages of Julia comes from doing in place ops on arrays and Zygote does not work with in place updates. So you end up copying and then at that point Python + PyTorch becomes a superior choice as Python is the de facto the universal language.