Discussion: Introducing new operators for matrix computation

[Paul Magwene]

Andrew Dalke wrote:
> 
> Huaiyu Zhu wrote:

> >
> >That's the beauty of numerical computation, because all kinds of
> >applications, from animation on your screen to controlling satallite in
> >space to analysing molecular structures to calculating consumer preference
> >could all be expressed in the language of linear algebra
> 
> Speaking as someone who has been analysing molecular structures for the
> last 7 years and animating them for about 5 of those years, I can say
> the lack of dot-wise elements, both in C++ and in Python, has not been
> a great concern.
> 
>                     Andrew
>                     dalke at acm.org


I agree with Andrew.  The bread and butter of my programming activities
involve numerical computation, and in particular linear algebra.  But I
DO NOT want to see python polluted with all sorts of special syntax just
for that purpose.


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Paul Magwene
paul.magwene at yale.edu