Eric Niebler wrote:
I am working on a new library. It is a computational framework where the computations follow the following pattern:
- Users build a computational object by selecting the computations they are interested in (or author their own computational primimtives which fit within the framework). - Users push data into the object one sample at a time - The object computes the requested quantities in the most efficient method possible (resolving dependencies between requested calculations, cacheing intermediate results, etc.) - The object may or may not be stateful.
What should such a library be called? Is there an accepted term for such a computational model?
IIUC, the idea shares concepts with Adobe's Adam. They use the term "spreadsheet" in that context. Despite the lack of any visual representation, I like the term because it describes the concept very concisely. Regards, m Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com