On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To put the "but what if the user doesn't have SSE2 support?" concern in > context, it should only affect Intel users with CPUs older than a Pentium 4 > (released 2001), and AMD users with a CPU older than an Opteron or Athlon > 64 (both released 2003). All x86/x86_64 CPUs released in the past decade > should be able to handle SSE2 binaries, so our caveat can be "if your > computer is more than a decade old, 'pip install numpy' may not work for > you, but it should do the right thing on newer systems". > Exactly > However, from my perspective, having NumPy readily available to users > using the python.org Windows installers for Python 3.4 would > *significantly* lower the barrier to entry to the Scientific Python stack > for new users on relatively modern systems when compared to the 4 current > options > +1 with a note: This isn't just for users of the SciPy Stack -- there are LOT of use-cases for just numpy by itself. Not that I don't want folks to have easy access of the rest of the stack as well -- just sayin' -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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