finbarr1987

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Show HN: Compiling Matlab Code to Native Executables with RunMat(runmat.com)
3 points by finbarr1987 7d ago|1 comments
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Rust-like compiler pipeline to resolve Matlab language semantics(runmat.com)
22 points by finbarr1987 3mo ago|1 comments
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by finbarr1987 3mo ago
I'm on the team behind RunMat, we launched the first version of the runtime last August, and for 0.5 moved away from a direct AST-to-bytecode path toward: source -> AST -> semantic HIR -> MIR -> MIR analysis -> VM layout
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by finbarr1987 9mo ago
Pictorus is a simulink alternative https://www.pictor.us/simulink-alternative
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by finbarr1987 9mo ago
Fair question, and agreed we should make this clearer on the site. We like Octave a lot, but the reason we started fresh is architectural: RunMat is a new runtime written in Rust with a design centered on aggressive fusion and CPU/GPU
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by finbarr1987 9mo ago
We don’t have a finalized business model yet, right now the focus is getting the open-source runtime solid, useful and very fast. If we add paid stuff later, it’ll be around optional services (not taking features away from the core runtime)
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by finbarr1987 9mo ago
Yeah, this is a pretty common pattern: use a domain-specific tool where it fits (Octave for the math), and a general language for the product glue (Python). Same idea as infra work — lots of teams would rather express intent in Terraform th
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by finbarr1987 9mo ago
That's precisely the point(s), the runtime's issues (closed source, cost, etc) are what is helping with the declining popularity of the language when really the language can be handy to people who work in math-heavy industries. th
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by finbarr1987 9mo ago
Thanks for digging in ;) We just released RunMat in August as an open-source, fast MATLAB runtime. The goal is to make it the fastest way to run math, period. Coming from Octave, you'll notice significant speedup advantages, you can se
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In Defense of Matlab Code(runmat.org)
144 points by finbarr1987 9mo ago|167 comments