Torch7 – Scientific computing for LuaJIT

Re:Torch7 – Scientific computing for LuaJIT by aton on Sunday June 22, 2014 @03:33PM (#7928921)

What are the advantages of using Torch7 over Julia?

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Re:Torch7 – Scientific computing for LuaJIT by otoburb on Sunday June 22, 2014 @05:36PM (#7929312)

I thought LuaJIT and other Lua runtimes are great for scripting and embedded environments, while Julia focused primarily on being a MATLAB replacement (i.e. desktop environments).

EDIT: Based on comments in the thread, seems both could do the same job but Torch7 has libraries that make running on GPUs easier vs. Julia.

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Re:Torch7 – Scientific computing for LuaJIT by bufo on Sunday June 22, 2014 @03:36PM (#7928931)

Julia doesn't yet have strong support for running stuff on GPUs.

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Re:Torch7 – Scientific computing for LuaJIT by ihnorton on Monday June 23, 2014 @07:54AM (#7931394)

Support is, indeed, nascent; but it is coming along well:

https://github.com/JuliaGPU

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Re:Torch7 – Scientific computing for LuaJIT by fyolnish on Monday June 23, 2014 @01:52AM (#7930436)

Torch/LuaJIT does?

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Re:Torch7 – Scientific computing for LuaJIT by justincormack on Monday June 23, 2014 @07:23AM (#7931282)

LuaJIT certainly doesn't at this point; not sure whether torch uses some libraries that do...

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