Re: [Numpy-discussion] site down...

2007-12-05 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Fernando Perez wrote: > The whole scipy.org site seems down. Is it just on my end? > Works for me, though it seems pretty slow. # Steve ___ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-disc

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy-discussion Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13

2008-02-06 Thread Steven H. Rogers
matthew yeomans wrote: > Is it possible to compile numpy with py2exe? > > Matthew Yeomans > If you mean to generate a Windows executable containing py2exe, the answer is yes. The process isn't what is usually thought of as compilation as it just packages the Python interpreter, your applicatio

Re: [Numpy-discussion] py2exe issues (was Numpy-discussion Digest, Vol 17, Issue 15)

2008-02-08 Thread Steven H. Rogers
matthew yeomans wrote: > Thanks I been trying to compile a code that uses random,pylab and > numpy with py2exe > the code of setup.py(compiles mycode.py into mycode.exe) follows > > #Start here > from distutils.core import setup > import py2exe > import pylab > import numpy > import glob > impor

Re: [Numpy-discussion] py2exe (was Numpy-discussion Digest, Vol 17, Issue 20)

2008-02-11 Thread Steven H. Rogers
matthew yeomans wrote: > > I tried so, I reduced everything example > > from pylab import plot > from pylab import axis > and so on > > > I think I noticed is that when i call > from numpy import array > > it confuses array from numpy to array module. > > If there a way how to tel

Re: [Numpy-discussion] packaging scipy (was Re: Simple financial functions for NumPy)

2008-04-07 Thread Steven H. Rogers
On Mon, April 7, 2008 11:16, Timothy Hochberg wrote: > > If "from numpy.all import *" is really too complicated, which although > possible, seems a little disheartening, I suspect it would be easy enough > to > have a separate module that pulled everything in so that you could use > "from > big_num

Re: [Numpy-discussion] packaging scipy (was Re: Simple financial functions for NumPy)

2008-04-08 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Perry Greenfield wrote: > ... > Some random comments: > > 1) It seems to me that the primary problem people have with a big > flat namespace is that it makes the output of dir() long and > unusable, and by implication, that a nice hierarchical organization > would make it easier for people to

Re: [Numpy-discussion] packaging scipy (was Re: Simple financial functions for NumPy)

2008-04-08 Thread Steven H. Rogers
On Tue, April 8, 2008 07:28, Gael Varoquaux wrote: > ... > > http://ipython.scipy.org/doc/ipython1/html/ > http://ipython.scipy.org/doc/ipython1/ipython1.pdf > > Sphinx seems a very promising to the everlasting problem of documentation. > Thanks for bringing this up. I need to look at Sphinx. Reg

Re: [Numpy-discussion] packaging scipy (was Re: Simple financial functions for NumPy)

2008-04-08 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Fernando Perez wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Steven H. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, April 8, 2008 07:28, Gael Varoquaux wrote: >> > ... >> >> >> > http://ipython.scipy.org/doc/ipython1/html/ >>

Re: [Numpy-discussion] ANN: NumPy/SciPy Documentation Marathon 2008

2008-05-18 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Joe Harrington wrote: > NUMPY/SCIPY DOCUMENTATION MARATHON 2008 > ... > 5. Write a new help function that optionally produces ASCII or points > the user's PDF or HTML reader to the right page (either local or > global). > I can work on this. Fernando suggested this at the IPython sprin

Re: [Numpy-discussion] ANN: NumPy/SciPy Documentation Marathon 2008

2008-05-20 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Pauli Virtanen wrote: > Hi, > > su, 2008-05-18 kello 07:16 -0600, Steven H. Rogers kirjoitti: > >> Joe Harrington wrote: >> >>>NUMPY/SCIPY DOCUMENTATION MARATHON 2008 >>> ... >>> 5. Write a new help function that optionally produce

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Python2.4 support

2008-12-08 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Matthieu Brucher wrote: > At least several months, if not years. RedHat supports each version 7 > years, for instance (I don't ask for that long). > Currently, I'm still using a RHEL 4, although it is planned to migrate > to RHEL 5 next year. So we should still support 2.4 for at least 18 > months,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Docstring standards for NumPy and SciPy

2007-01-11 Thread Steven H. Rogers
I'd prefer reStructuredText. I don't find the markup particularly noisy and it quickly fades into the background. Regards, Steve -- Steven H. Rogers, Ph.D., [EMAIL PROTECTED] Weblog: http://shrogers.com/weblog "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.&qu

[Numpy-discussion] NumPy in Teaching

2007-02-27 Thread Steven H. Rogers
I'm doing an informal survey on the use of Array Programming Languages for teaching. If you're using NumPy in this manner I'd like to hear from you. What subject was/is taught, academic level, results, lessons learned, etc. Regards, Steve ___ Numpy

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NumPy in Teaching

2007-02-28 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Hi Joe: Thanks for the comprehensive response. I'll post the results to the lists when I've compiled them. # Steve ___ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Buffer PEP in NumPy SVN

2007-03-01 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Travis Oliphant wrote: > I just wanted to point people to the online version of the PEP. I'm > still looking for comments and suggestions. The current version is here: > > http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/browser/trunk/numpy/doc/pep_buffer.txt > > -Travis > Hi Travis: I'd like to help,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NumPy in Teaching

2007-03-01 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Thanks Mike: Michael Williams wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 09:05:58PM -0700, Steven H. Rogers wrote: > >> I'm doing an informal survey on the use of Array Programming Languages >> for teaching. If you're using NumPy in this manner I'd like to hear

Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-user] NumPy in Teaching

2007-03-01 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Alan G Isaac wrote: > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, "Steven H. Rogers" apparently wrote: > >> I'm doing an informal survey on the use of Array >> Programming Languages for teaching. If you're using NumPy >> in this manner I'd like to hear from you

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Buffer PEP in NumPy SVN

2007-03-03 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Travis Oliphant wrote: > I just wanted to point people to the online version of the PEP. I'm > still looking for comments and suggestions. The current version is here: > > http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/browser/trunk/numpy/doc/pep_buffer.txt > > -Travis > Hi Travis: Have you contacte

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Buffer PEP in NumPy SVN

2007-03-03 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Steven H. Rogers wrote: > Travis Oliphant wrote: > >> I just wanted to point people to the online version of the PEP. I'm >> still looking for comments and suggestions. The current version is here: >> >> http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/bro

Re: [Numpy-discussion] First Numerical Python code...comments?

2007-03-04 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Charles R Harris wrote: > > > On 3/4/07, *Alan G Isaac* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Charles R Harris apparently wrote: > > range is now iterable and I read > > somewhere that xrange is deprecated. > > There has been a rumor

Re: [Numpy-discussion] First Numerical Python code...comments?

2007-03-04 Thread Steven H. Rogers
ing dict.iterkeys(), xrange(), itertools.izip() > > On Sun, 04 Mar 2007, "Steven H. Rogers" apparently wrote: >> At PyCon, Guido said that range would have xrange behavior and the old >> range would be deprecated in Python 3.0. This may be back-ported to 2.6. >

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Buffer PEP in NumPy SVN

2007-03-05 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Travis Oliphant wrote: > I just wanted to point people to the online version of the PEP. I'm > still looking for comments and suggestions. The current version is here: > > http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/browser/trunk/numpy/doc/pep_buffer.txt > Adding some use cases to the rationale mi

[Numpy-discussion] Teaching Array Languages

2007-03-10 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Thanks to all who responded to my question about teaching array programming. I've compiled a brief summary of the responses. NumPy = * Subject - Physics/Astronomy 3 - Biotechnology 1 - Engineering 2 - Microeconomics 1 * Level - College/University 7 J = * Subject - Math 1

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Teaching Array Languages

2007-03-10 Thread Steven H. Rogers
ronomy as the subject area, etc. > > On 3/10/07, Steven H. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks to all who responded to my question about teaching array >> programming. I've compiled a brief summary of the responses. >> >> NumPy >> = >&g

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Simple multi-arg wrapper for dot()

2007-03-24 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Anne Archibald wrote: > > P.S. reduce isn't even a numpy thing, it's one of python's > much-neglected lispy functions. > It looks like reduce(), map(), and filter() are going away for Python 3.0 since GvR believes that they are redundant and list comprehensions and generator expressions are mor

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Simple multi-arg wrapper for dot()

2007-03-24 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Alan G Isaac wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, "Steven H. Rogers" apparently wrote: >> It looks like reduce(), map(), and filter() are going away for Python >> 3.0 since GvR believes that they are redundant and list comprehensions >> and generator expressions are more

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Simple multi-arg wrapper for dot()

2007-03-24 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Perry Greenfield wrote: > On Mar 24, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Bill Baxter wrote: > >> On 3/24/07, Steven H. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Anne Archibald wrote: >>>> P.S. reduce isn't even a numpy thing, it's one of python's >>>

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New Operators in Python

2007-03-25 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Joe Harrington wrote: > > On the other hand, Python, IDL, and Matlab are attractive to us mainly > because their syntaxes allow us to see the math, understand it on > inspection, and verify its correctness. The math we write in these > languages looks as much like the math we do on paper as ASCII

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New Operators in Python

2007-03-25 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Bill Baxter wrote: > > Until we get to the point that it's actually harder to find a > non-Unicode console/editor than a Unicode one, I think the idea of > using Unicode symbols as part of the syntax of a general purpose > language is a bad one. Given that most editors lack good Unicode support,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New Operators in Python

2007-03-26 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Zachary Pincus wrote: > > Anyhow, feel free to disagree with me -- I'm no expert here. I'm only > mentioning this as a public service to make it clear that most of > what's being proposed in this thread is, for better or worse, 100% > dead-in-the-water for Python 3, and the rest will have a

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Best way to run python parallel

2007-03-29 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Mandus wrote: > > > On 3/29/07, *Brad Malone* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Hi, I use python for some fairly heavy scientific computations (at > least to be running on a single processor) and would like to use it > in parallel. I've seen some stuff onl

Re: [Numpy-discussion] About NumPy description

2007-04-03 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Travis Oliphant wrote: > Francesc Altet wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've seen the description of NumPy in the recent announcement (btw, good >> work!) and I think it misses something important. To put this in context, >> let >> me paste the description used for the latest announce: >> >> """ >> NumPy is

Re: [Numpy-discussion] [Pointer] [Doc-SIG] The docs, reloaded (fwd)

2007-05-20 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Charles R Harris wrote: > > > On 5/20/07, *Robert Kern* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Gael Varoquaux wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > There is a very interesting discussion and python-dev and > Doc-SIG about > > using reST to document python. I think

[Numpy-discussion] APL2007: Arrays and Objects

2007-05-27 Thread Steven H. Rogers
day Others TBA Conference venue: Palais de Congres, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA Conference hotel: Hyatt Regency Montreal Committee General Chair Guy Laroque [EMAIL PROTECTED] Program Chair Lynne C. Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer

Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy with python < 2.3?

2007-06-14 Thread Steven H. Rogers
On Thu, June 14, 2007 08:22, Joël Schaerer wrote: > > I'm trying to install numpy on a system I don't control, which has > python 2.2.3. When I run python setup.py build, I get: > Perhaps you can install Python in a local direcory, or perhaps a USB drive? # Steve _

Re: [Numpy-discussion] getting numPy happening for sciPy

2007-07-23 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Tim Mortimer wrote: > Anyway, I wanted to "beef up" my python arsenal with some of the SciPY > stuff - initially a wider & more solid range of random number > generators, histograms & statistical packages etc. > > So it is with some regret that i see at present that it is not possible > to build

Re: [Numpy-discussion] getting numPy happening for sciPy

2007-07-24 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Robert Kern wrote: > Steven H. Rogers wrote: > > >> I don't know of any simple build instructions for Windows, but if you're >> patient, there will probably be updated packaged releases of SciPy + >> NumPy that play well together "real soon now&quo

Re: [Numpy-discussion] getting numPy happening for sciPy

2007-07-26 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Robert Kern wrote: > Steven H. Rogers wrote: > >> Robert Kern wrote: >> >>> Steven H. Rogers wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I don't know of any simple build instructions for Windows, but if you're >>>> patient, th

[Numpy-discussion] APL2007 Update

2007-08-09 Thread Steven H. Rogers
Attached is an updated announcement for APL2007: Arrays and Objects. 21-23 October 2007 Montreal, Canada APL = Array Programming Languages APL2007Ann-2-1.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy

[Numpy-discussion] APL2007 - Arrays and Objects - Early Bird Registration and Preliminary Program

2007-09-13 Thread Steven H. Rogers
This is the last day for early bird registration for APL2007, 21-23 Oct in Montreal. It's co-located with OOPSLA2007 and sharing registration services at: http://www.regmaster.com/conf/oopsla2007.html === Preliminary Program === Tutorials and workshops

[Numpy-discussion] APL2007 Update

2007-10-03 Thread Steven H. Rogers
APL 2007 in Montreal (only 2 1/2 weeks away, Oct 20-22). Summary program information is now available on the APL2007 home page http://www.sigapl.org/apl2007.html with a link to the comprehensive program description at http://www.sigapl.org/apl2007-program.html#a2 Registration