[Ironpython-users] Help with NumPy

[David Peterson]

You could always try the Enthought, or Continuum IO, dev mailing lists.  As I understand it, people at these companies were involved in porting NumPy to IronPython?

-- Dave

On 19 Dec 2012, at 16:47, Jeff Hardy <jdhardy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Kent Johnson <kent3737 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Where is the best place to get help on NumPy for IronPython? (I
>> cross-posted also to the SciPy4dotNet list but that list looks kind of
>> dead...)
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a good spot.
> 
>> 
>> My current question is, how can I create a numpy.ndarray from a
>> System.Array? I hoped it would just work to pass the Array to
>> ndarray() or asarray() but neither of these seem to work. I am working
>> with large, 3-dimensional arrays so it would be nice to avoid copying
>> the array in a loop.
>> 
>> More generally, what is the current status of NumPy and SciPy for
>> IronPython? The projects don't show any signs of life - no checkins
>> since the original release, no activity on the mailing list, very
>> difficult to even find a place to ask questions. It kind of looks like
>> Microsoft commissioned the original work but after the release there
>> is no funding and no community.
> 
> That's pretty much it, unfortuantely. I think the core bits are part
> of numpy proper, but there was no real handoff to a new maintainer.
> 
>> 
>> I'm most interested in finding sources for help and documentation.
> 
> I'm afraid you might be on your own :|. Not what you wanted to hear, I'm sure.
> 
> - Jeff
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