[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Terry Reedy wrote: > >>"kpp9c" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>>Numeric, Numarray, & Numpy... some one stick a screwdriver in my >>>forehead and end the madness that Numeric has become. >> >>>For crying all night! Numpy was Numeric's nickname >> >>Given that NumPy *is* an updated version of Numeric, with the same basic >>interface, I think the name quite appropriate. It also works well as a >>partner for SciPy.
Exactly! I suppose people must vent, but the truth is that satisfying the diversity of scientific Python users is *very* hard. NumPy *is* trying to do something about the confusion between Numeric and Numarray. I'm sorry you don't like the name, but it was properly discussed and a host of other names were suggested before settling on NumPy as the *least bad*. Yes, it will be confusing for a few months, but then it will probably be *less* confusing as people realize that NumPy *is* Numeric 3K The interface is not that different. For example, you can usually compile extensions simply by replacing Numeric/arrayobject.h with numpy/arrayobject.h If you don't like things then start suggesting specific improvements at [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of just ranting on the python list which most of us don't have the time to read anyway (notice how late I'm responding to this...) -Travis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
