float / double support in Python?

Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) tdelaney at avaya.com
Thu Feb 6 23:47:34 EST 2003


> From: Brandon Van Every [mailto:vanevery at 3DProgrammer.com]
> 
> Carlos Ribeiro wrote:
> > On the other hand, NumPy is highly optimized
> > - you pay the object encapsulation price only once for the entire
> > matrix.
> 
> What about vectors?  My C++ code has, oh, only a few zillion of those.
> 
> I think what you're telling me is I will suffer memory loss 
> in the interest of flexibility.

At this point it is obvious that Python obviously isn't ever going to be of any interest or utility to you, and that you don't have the slightest inclination to perform even cursory investigation of the alternatives presented to you, so please bugger off and stop wasting people's time.

Tim Delaney





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