Re: [Numpy-discussion] Any Numeric or numarray users on this list?

[Sasha <nd...@ma...>]

I am a Numeric user.

On 5/30/06, Travis Oliphant <oli...@ie...> wrote:
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> Please help the developers by responding to a few questions.
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> 1) Have you transitioned or started to transition to NumPy (i.e. import
> numpy)?
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Started transition.  Most applications were easily ported to Numpy.  I
am still deciding whether or not support both Numpy and Numeric during
the transition period.

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> 2) Will you transition within the next 6 months? (if you answered No to #1)
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Yes, as soon as numpy 1.0 is released.

> 4) Please provide any suggestions for improving NumPy.
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That's a big topic!  Without expanding on anything:

- optimized array of interned strings (compatible with char** at the C level)
- optimized array of arrays (a restriction of dtype=object array)
- use BLAS in umath