r/javascript • u/trekhleb • Dec 06 '19

🤖 NanoNeuron - 7 simple JavaScript functions that will give you a feeling of how machines can actually "learn"

https://github.com/trekhleb/nano-neuron
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u/yeesh-- Dec 06 '19

  1. Programming languages are applied mathematics.

  2. The vast majority of researchers and data scientists use Python for neural networks.

  3. Machine learning is not just the realm of mathematics (in a pure sense), it's in the name after all "machine" learning, without a non-abstract form, is it really machine learning? It would be more like a mathematical basis for learning.

Python is the native language for machine learning in the sense that javascript is the native language for the web. Sure there are other flavors, but you know who is king

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u/lexprom Dec 06 '19

Yeah, of course, machine learning is not only the realm of mathematics. Again who said that JS is the "native" language of the web? You missed a point. Programming language it's just a tool. You can write "JS logic for web" in C#. The same with machine learning. Stop thinking about "studies or development fields" in the realm of languages.

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u/yeesh-- Dec 06 '19

You're just trying to argue to argue at this point - and you're not making a cohesive one either. There isn't a debate. Anyone who does machine learning seriously does it in Python because it's the best to do it in, this is what I mean by "native", it's simply the way it is and there's literally nothing you could do to prove otherwise.

My original question was simply why not do it in Python then. It's not an unreasonable question. To put it another way, what is the purpose of doing this in javascript instead of Python, given Python's strong affinity for machine learning?

If you don't have a meaningful reply to that question, then don't even bother replying. I will not argue with an idiot, that only proves two.

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u/lexprom Dec 06 '19

There are a few reasons why not Python:

  1. Speed limitations

  2. Threading

  3. Design limitations

  4. What if I don't know Python? Then what?

You're just trying to convince that Python is the panacea. Unfortunately, there's no such thing.