Anything like SciPy in Ruby?

Question

Looking further into the differences between Python and Ruby, is there a Ruby equivalent to SciPy, or what other scientific math gems are available for Ruby?

Answer 1

There's nothing quite as mature or well done as SciPy, but check out SciRuby and Numerical Ruby.

Answer 2

rnum

Ruby Numerical Library is a linear algebra package using Blas and Lapack.

http://rnum.rubyforge.org/

Site has some speed comparisons