Ralf Gommers <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com> wrote: > No. Numpy uses those libs when they're detected, but it falls back on its > own dot implementation if they're not found. From first bullet under > <a > href="http://scipy.org/scipylib/building/linux.html#generic-instructions:";>http://scipy.org/scipylib/building/linux.html#generic-instructions:</a> > "BLAS > and LAPACK libraries (optional but strongly recommended for NumPy, required > for SciPy)". > > BLAS/LAPACK are heavy dependencies that often give problems, which is why > you don't want to require them for the casual user that only needs numpy > arrays to make some plots for examples.
Maybe we are not talking about the same thing, but isn't blas_lite.c and lapack_lite.c more or less f2c'd versions of reference BLAS and reference LAPACK? Sturla _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
