Apologies for the dupe. It looked like something went wrong with the first send
(and the first post was partly incorrect to begin with).
--
Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
Istvan Albert wrote:
> No one is questioning one's right to try to sell a product/book etc.
> But I happen to believe that trying to make money by selling the docs
> is stupid, you'll scare away potential users, hinder the acceptance of
> the product, further fragment the community of users needing
Istvan Albert wrote:
> No one is questioning one's right to try to sell a product/book etc.
> But I happen to believe that trying to make money by selling the docs
> is stupid, you'll scare away potential users, hinder the acceptance of
> the product, further fragment the community of users needing
Fernando Perez wrote:
> It's funny how I don't see anyone complaining about any of the Python books
> sold here (or at any other publishing house):
That is maybe because the language is fairly well documented to begin
with. Try to imagine for a moment how many people would use Python if
on the fi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> After using numeric for almost ten years, I decided to attempt to
> switch a large codebase (python and C++) to using numpy. Here's are
> some comments about how that went.
>
> - The code to automatically switch python stuff over just kind of
> works. But it was a 90% s
On 6 Oct 2006 09:26:23 -0700, Istvan Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> sturlamolden wrote:
>
> > Those involved in the development of NumPy must receive some
> > compensation. Financial support to NumPy also ensure that the
> > developmentcan continue. I for one does not want to see NumPy as
>
>
Istvan Albert wrote:
> sturlamolden wrote:
>
>> Those involved in the development of NumPy must receive some
>> compensation. Financial support to NumPy also ensure that the
>> developmentcan continue. I for one does not want to see NumPy as
>
> Then charge for NumPy ... or write a book *besides*
sturlamolden wrote:
> Those involved in the development of NumPy must receive some
> compensation. Financial support to NumPy also ensure that the
> developmentcan continue. I for one does not want to see NumPy as
Then charge for NumPy ... or write a book *besides* the documentation.
One in which
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Given the quality of python's (free) documentation and how good it's
> been for a very long time, it's bit ironic to be using the phrase
> "normal open-source documentation" on this mailing list. Numeric
> python, which numpy aspires to be a replacement for, has perfect
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
>
>
> Given the quality of python's (free) documentation and how good it's
> been for a very long time, it's bit ironic to be using the phrase
> "normal open-source documentation" on this mailing list. Numeric
> python, which numpy aspires to b
Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > - I guess I should just buy the documentation. I don't like this idea,
> > because I think it's counter-productive to the project to have payware
> > docs (would Python be successful if you had to buy the documentation? I
> > don't think so)
sturlamolden wrote:
> Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
>
> > Definitely not true. People in Singapore, Japan, Ghana, South Africa,
> > France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, and many other countries are
> > using NumPy successfully. Gratefully, a few have contributed by buying
> > the book, but a lot
Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
> Definitely not true. People in Singapore, Japan, Ghana, South Africa,
> France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, and many other countries are
> using NumPy successfully. Gratefully, a few have contributed by buying
> the book, but a lot more have downloaded and are s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> After using numeric for almost ten years, I decided to attempt to
> switch a large codebase (python and C++) to using numpy. Here's are
> some comments about how that went.
>
> - The code to automatically switch python stuff over just kind of
> works. But it was a 90% so
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> After using numeric for almost ten years, I decided to attempt to
> switch a large codebase (python and C++) to using numpy. Here's are
> some comments about how that went.
>
> - The code to automatically switch python stuff over just kind of
> works. But it was a 90% so
After using numeric for almost ten years, I decided to attempt to
switch a large codebase (python and C++) to using numpy. Here's are
some comments about how that went.
- The code to automatically switch python stuff over just kind of
works. But it was a 90% solution, I could do the rest by hand.
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