[Numpy-discussion] Memory hungry reduce ops in Numpy

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 05:46:52PM +0100, Andreas Müller wrote:
>    My question was more along the lines of "why doesn't numpy do the online
>    algorithm".

It's probably a matter of nobody having had the time and the urge to code
it, _and_ do all the extra steps necessary to integrate to the core
numpy: working on n dimensions, suporting all the options of the current
implementation, doing the tests, doing the docs.

I don't think that anybody would frown upon a pull request that
implements a better algorithm. It's just work, as you know given your
contributions to other project.

Gael