[Fwd: Re: [Numpy-discussion] first impressions with numpy]

[Rob W.W. Hooft]

Sebastian Haase wrote:

>> A new point: Please remind me (and probably others): when did it get 
>> decided to introduce 'complex128' to mean numarray's complex64
>> and the 'complex64' to mean numarray's complex32 ?
> 
> 
> I haven't the faintest idea -- it happened when I was off in Numarray
> land I assume. Or it was always that way? No idea. Hopefully Travis will
> answer this.

Fortran heritage? REAL*8 is paired with COMPLEX*16 there....

Regards,

Rob Hooft