Thoughts on some stdlib modules

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Mon Apr 11 12:44:05 EDT 2005


    >> I guess the other thing to compare to is something like SciPy, which
    >> is a kind of specialized distribution of Python for scientific
    >> applications.

    Robert> No, Scipy is just a (large) package. Enthon, on the other hand,
    Robert> is just such a distribution.

I'm sorry, you lost me there.  What's the difference between a large package
and a distribution?

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