Re: [IronPython] Better NumPy/SciPy Support for IronPython

[Keith J. Farmer]

holy-freakin-awesome :)
 
I've long lamented the lack of free, solid scientific packages with 
semi-official standing in .NET.  Frankly, I'd prefer something like this 
annexed into the BCL, but I understand why that might be overkill.  Maybe we 
need BCL Extensions for such things.

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From: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com on behalf of Dave Fugate
Sent: Thu 7/1/2010 12:14 PM
To: Discussion of IronPython
Subject: [IronPython] Better NumPy/SciPy Support for IronPython



Enthought <http://www.enthought.com/> , a company specialized in Python-based 
scientific computing solutions, announced 
<http://www.enthought.com/media/SciPyNumPyDotNet.pdf>  a partnership with 
Microsoft several hours ago at the SciPy 2010 
<https://conference.scipy.org/scipy2010/index.html>  conference in which 
they're porting over the NumPy and SciPy <http://www.scipy.org/>  scientific 
software packages to IronPython.  A significant part of this effort involves 
duplicating these packages' C-based modules in .NET.  Previously, these 
libraries could only be consumed from IronPython very slowly using a C to .NET 
bridge.  Not only will this porting effort drastically improve the performance 
of Python's top scientific packages under IronPython, it's fantastic for 
NumPy/SciPy in the sense that it enables an entirely new community of (.NET) 
developers to utilize and contribute to these libraries.  Also, Enthought's 
refactoring work will make it easier to run these packages against all 
implementations of Python, not just IronPython.  It's expected that NumPy will 
be finished by September and SciPy before the end of the year.

 

The IronPython Team

 

 
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