Re: [Numpy-discussion] Things to address for Py3K

[Rob H. <he...@ta...>]

On Oct 11, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Travis Oliphant wrote:

>    a) an extra multiplication operator to distinguish between
> element-by-element and dot

One of the things I like about numpy is that element-by-element  
multiplication is default.  Really, most of what I do is element by  
element, punctuated by a few matrix multiplications (or whatever  
other matrix operations) at the end.  If I had a penny for every '.'  
I put in front of an operator in MATLAB, I would buy us all new  
computers -- expensive ones even.

I hope that, if there is another multiplication operator like .*,  
that this will be shorthand for dot(A, B), and not for elem-by-elem  
multiplication.

-Rob

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