[SciPy-user] OS-X Universal binary?

[Christopher Barker]

David Cournapeau wrote:
> Being
> able to install things which don't depend on C++/Fortran would mean that
> the fortran parts are even less tested. And fundamentally, I don't think
> scipy wo fortran would be that useful: no fft, no linalg, no special
> functions. Who can use this ?

Quite true.


Has anyone tried using f2c for the Fortran code? this would give us a 
C-only option, much easier to build. If native Fortran gives notably 
better performance, it could be optionally enabled, kind of like ATLAS 
for numpy.

Just a thought.

Anyway, it sound like my issue is not a deal-breaker, but rather an 
oversight, so it can be fixed. If there are folks that can commit to 
doing the builds, then most folks will be happy.

-Chris


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