[pypy-dev] Pure Python Math Library

[Blaine]

Thanks Alex and Benjamin.
  I'm sorry - you're right it isn't exactly related to pypy. I hope I
didn't break any rules. I was hoping that someone else may have come across
this because the only time I've needed to port compiled modules to python
is when I wanted to use them with pypy.

Blaine


On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Blaine <frikker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think that python's math module (which I use) is a compiled C
>> extension, right? I'm looking for pure python that berp can use.
>>
>> Blaine
>>
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>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>wrote:
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>>> 2011/11/16 Blaine <frikker at gmail.com>:
>>> > Does anyone know of a pure python math library? I've been playing
>>> around
>>> > with berp, which is a python3 to haskell translator and compiler, and
>>> it
>>> > works great as long as you don't go crazy with C extensions. It's
>>> highly
>>> > experimental but fun to play around with. The only thing that I really
>>> miss
>>> > is being able to use the math module. I asked the maintainer if it is
>>> > possible to map into haskell's math library, but in the mean time a
>>> pure
>>> > python math library would fit nicely since it would be compiled along
>>> with
>>> > the rest of the python.
>>> > I'm looking for log, log10, ceil, and pow mostly for my personal needs.
>>>
>>> Well, python has a math module too:
>>>
>>> >>> import math
>>> >>> math.log(23)
>>> 3.1354942159291497
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Benjamin
>>>
>>
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> It's a part of the standard library, it's implemented however the Python
> VM provides it.
>
> Alex
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