On 17 October 2011 18:20, David Cournapeau <courn...@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip...] On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It seems odd to argue that extending numpy to pypy will be a net negative > > for the community! Sure there are some difficulties involved, just as > there > > are difficulties with having multiple implementations in the first place, > > but the benefits are much greater. > > The net negative would be the community split, with numpy losing some > resources taken by numpy on pypy. This seems like a plausible > situation. > > Note that this is *exactly* the same "negative" that Python itself faces with multiple implementations. It has in fact been a great positive, widening the community and improving Python (and yes sometimes improving it by pointing out its problems). All the best, Michael > Without a C numpy API, you can't have scipy or matplotlib, no > scikit-learns, etc... But you could hide most of it behind cython, > which has momentum in the scientific community. Then a realistic > approach becomes: > - makes the cython+pypy backend a reality > - ideally make cython to wrap fortran a reality > - convert as much as possible from python C API to cython > > People of all level can participate. The first point in particular > could help pypy besides the scipy community. And that's a plan where > both parties would benefit from each other. > > cheers, > > David > > > > All the best, > > > > Michael Foord > > > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> -- > >> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right > >> to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) > >> "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pypy-dev mailing list > >> pypy-dev@python.org > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ > > > > May you do good and not evil > > May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others > > > > May you share freely, never taking more than you give. > > -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pypy-dev mailing list > > pypy-dev@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > > > > > -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html
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