On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 16:55, Gael Varoquaux <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 05:46:52PM +0100, Andreas Müller wrote: >> My question was more along the lines of "why doesn't numpy do the online >> algorithm". > > It's probably a matter of nobody having had the time and the urge to code > it, _and_ do all the extra steps necessary to integrate to the core > numpy: working on n dimensions, suporting all the options of the current > implementation, doing the tests, doing the docs. > > I don't think that anybody would frown upon a pull request that > implements a better algorithm. It's just work, as you know given your > contributions to other project.
Actually, last time I suggested it, it was brought up that the online algorithms can be worse numerically. I'll try to find the thread. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
