On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the absence of the perfect solution (i.e. picking the right variant > out of no SSE, SSE2, SSE3 automatically), would it be a reasonable > compromise to standardise on SSE2 as "lowest acceptable common > denominator"? > +1 > Users with no sse capability at all or that wanted to take advantage > of the SSE3 optimisations, would need to grab one of the Windows > installers or something from conda, but for a lot of users, a "pip > install numpy" that dropped the SSE2 version onto their system would > be just fine, and a much lower barrier to entry than "well, first > install this other packaging system that doesn't interoperate with > your OS package manager at all...". > exactly -- for example, I work with a web dev that could really use Matplotlib for a little task -- if I could tell him to "pip install matplotlib", he's do it, but he just sees it as too much hassle at the point... > Are we letting perfect be the enemy of better, here? I think so, yes. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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