[Numpy-discussion] Numpy x Matlab: some synthetic benchmarks
Fernando Perez
Fernando.Perez at colorado.edu
Wed Jan 18 17:09:02 EST 2006
Perry Greenfield wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2006, at 6:21 PM, Fernando Perez wrote:
> Really :-). I remember that conversation and wondered if it had
> something to do with that. (And I remember Paul Dubois talking to me
> about similar ideas). I think it is worth trying (and has been I see,
> though I would have expected perhaps even a greater speed improvement;
> somehow I think it should not take a lot of time if you don't need all
> the type, shape and striding flexibility). It just needs someone to do
> it.
Maybe putting David's code into the sandbox would be a good starting point.
>>>new then either. I have to believe that if you allowed only Float64
>>>(and perhaps a complex variant) and used other restrictions then it
>>>would be much faster for small arrays. One would think it would be
>>>much easier to implement than Numeric/numarray/numpy... I've always
>>>thought that those looking for really fast small array performance
>>>would be better served by something like this. But you'd really have
>>>to fight off feature creep. ("This almost meets my needs. If it
>>>could only do xxx")
>>
>>Couldn't that last issue be well dealt with by the fact that today's
>>numpy is fairly subclassing-friendly? (which, if I remember correctly,
>>wasn't quite the case with at least old Numeric).
>
>
> Does that help? You aren't talking about the fast array subclassing
> numpy are you? I'm not sure what you mean here.
What I meant was that by having good subclassing functionality, it's easier to
ward off requests for every feature under the sun. It's much easier to say:
'this basic object provides a very small, core set of array features where the
focus is on raw speed rather than fancy features; if you need extra features,
subclass it and add them yourself'
when the subclassing is actually reasonably easy. Note that I haven't
actually used array subclassing myself (haven't needed it), so I may be
mistaken in my comments here, it's just an intuition.
Cheers,
f
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