Julia now has so many different autodiff packages. Can somebody summarize the status of these packages? From what I know, there is Forwarddiff (which uses dual numbers), and then there is the Reversediff, which I’m not sure about. Then there is Zygote, which is said to be quite good and general, En…

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Comparison of Julia autodiff packages

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nilshg September 27, 2024, 2:38pm 2

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Comparison of Julia autodiff packages

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