[SciPy-user] Python's various numeric packages

[Perry Greenfield]

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> From: scipy-user-admin at scipy.net [mailto:scipy-user-admin at scipy.net]On
> Behalf Of eric jones
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:30 AM
> To: scipy-user at scipy.net
> Subject: RE: [SciPy-user] Python's various numeric packages
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> > My specific question is: WHY does SciPy claim (for a long time !) that
> it
> > can work with both Numeric and with numarry. But instructions or even
> > further comments on that are nowhere to be found ????
> 
> I wasn't aware of this claim, so I apologize if I made it. <wink...>
> Where is this information posted?
>
I wasn't aware of this claim either. There is a module in kiva that 
implies this (num_compat if I recall correctly), but I wasn't aware
of any explicit claim to this effect.
 
> Anyway, numarray support will come as the STSci people have time to work
> on the port.  F2py support apparently exists now, which is a huge step.
> Perry mentioned that the special function library is one of the harder
> things remaining with all of its ufunc support.  After that, it will
> just be working through the issues that come up.  Generally though, the
> API, both Python and C level, for Numeric and Numarray are fairly
> compatible.
>
We will start working on this when we get to v0.8.
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