Python In A Nutshell - Numpy essential

[Steve Holden]

"Louis Luangkesorn" <lluang at northwestern.edu> wrote in message
news:3AACE20C.AC8D2EA2 at northwestern.edu...
> I have to second that Numeric Python belongs in the ESSENTIAL column.  For
me,
> the fact that Python can replace Matlab was the reason I started using
Python.
> And when my university discontinued its campus-wide license, and every
> installation of Matlab must be paid for, that it is an open-source
replacement
> for Matlab makes it uniquely valuable (Octave was too slow).
>
Well, just for balance, I still haven't downloaded NumPy, and don't ever
expect to.

one-man's-essential-is-another-man's-redundant-ly y'rs  - steve