[SciPy-user] SciPy vs numpy

[Robert Kern]

Derek Goring wrote:
> This may seem like a really dumb question, but:
> If I have SciPy, do I need numpy?
> Then, in code that has numpy.xxx, can I simply replace it with scipy.xxx?
>  
> The reason I ask is that I could not locate a debian package of numpy
> for my Xandros Networks to install.  Then it occurred to me that maybe I
> didn't need numpy anyway.  Is this correct?

scipy 0.4+ requires numpy. scipy 0.3.x requires Numeric. The Debian package you
are looking at is almost certainly scipy 0.3.x, which is *not* a replacement for
numpy.

-- 
Robert Kern

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 an underlying truth."
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