[Numpy-discussion] Status of Numeric

[Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr.]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Travis Oliphant wrote:

> ... Ultimately I think it will be a wise thing to have two
> implementations of arrays: one that is fast and lightweight optimized
> for many relatively small arrays, and another that is optimized for
> large-scale arrays.

I am *extremely* interested in the use case of the small arrays in SciPy.
Which algorithms and modules are dominated by the small array speed?

-a