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nmca on Dec 16, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Awkward: Nested, jagged, differentiable, mixed typ...

This isn't really comparable to JAX afaict - JAX offers only masked dense computation, this is first-class ragged support with no mention of autodiff or jit (outside of numba)

hyperbovine on Dec 16, 2021 [–]

There is definitely a comparison to be made, because JAX gets a big speed gain by embracing that limitation.

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