numpy or _numpy or Numeric?

Travis E. Oliphant oliphant.travis at ieee.org
Thu Jan 25 00:35:58 EST 2007


auditory wrote:
>>> While trying to install numpy accroding to its homepage.
>>> (http://numpy.scipy.org/numpydoc/numdoc.htm).
>>> i am quite confused.
>> You are reading old documentation for Numeric and so any installation 
>> description is how to install the Numeric module (not its newer 
>> replacement which is called NumPy).
> 
> I found the above website from googling with "numpy" keyword,
> and supprised at that the top matching page is old one.
> 

The website is not the old one.  http://numpy.scipy.org is correct.

But, the documentation is old.  But, it is still useful (except for 
Numeric specific information like how to install it).  Therefore we 
still make a link to it.

-Travis




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