Scientific Computing with NumPy

[greg.landrum at gmail.com]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> "kpp9c" <kp8 at mac.com> wrote in message
> news:1140224495.798167.248550 at z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Numeric, Numarray, & Numpy... some one stick a screwdriver in my
> > forehead and end the madness that Numeric has become.
>
> > For crying all night! Numpy was Numeric's nickname
>
> Given that NumPy *is* an updated version of Numeric, with the same basic
> interface, I think the name quite appropriate.  It also works well as a
> partner for SciPy.

Which, to make the confusion even worse, is *not* the updated version
of Scientific Python.

I'm with the previous author: this naming is a mess.

-greg