The link below leads me to http://numpy.scipy.org/, with or without the whatever. IRAF is not mentioned on the home page.
On 6/1/2010 9:04 PM, Anne Archibald wrote: > On 2 June 2010 00:33, Wayne Watson<sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Subject is a book title from some many years ago, I wonder if it ever >> got to Python? I know there were C and Fortran versions. >> > There is no Numerical Recipes for python. The main reason there isn't > a NR for python is that practically everything they discuss is already > implemented as python libraries, and most of it is in numpy and/or > scipy. (Their algorithms are also not suitable for pure-python > implementation, but that's a whole other discussion.) > > I should also say that while NR is justifiably famous for its > explanations of numerical issues, its code is not under a free license > (so you may not use it without the authors' permission) and many > people feel it has many bugs. The algorithms they discuss are also not > always the best available. > > I generally recommend that people doing scientific programming read > all or part of NR to understand the algorithms' limitations but then > use the implementations available in > numpy/scipy/scikits/IRAF/whatever. > > Anne > > >> -- >> Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) >> >> (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) >> Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet >> >> "Science and democracy are based on the rejection >> "of dogma." -- Dick Taverne, The March of Unreason >> >> >> Web Page:<www.speckledwithstars.net/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >> NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org >> http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >> >> > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > -- Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet "Science and democracy are based on the rejection "of dogma." -- Dick Taverne, The March of Unreason Web Page:<www.speckledwithstars.net/> _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
