I have been using Python for scientific computing on a variety of systems, Mac and otherwise, with a recent focus on properties of interaction networks. Until now, I have not needed to use more than roughly 1 GB of RAM at a time. Thanks to some fairly straightforward scaling properties, it is clear that the next version of the interaction networks we're exploring will require more than 2GB of RAM without some serious reworking of the programs.
The simplest and most cost-effective solution appears to be just to buy a 64 bit computer and load it up with 8 GB or so of RAM, and so far a PowerMac G5 looks like a good solution. However, while I have a lot of experience with Python on Macs, I've never used Python on one of the G5s (or any other 64 bit machine), so would like to hear about others' experiences with such a setup. The impression I have is that it should be completely straightforward; is that so? Are there any issues with compiling and running a 64-bit Python on a G5 that I should be aware of? How about with Numeric or (better) numarray? -- Michael _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
