On 6/30/06, Louis Cordier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > While it is hard to read too much into numbers, this tells me that there > > are about 10,000 current users of Numeric/Numarray who have not even > > *tried* NumPy. In fact, Numarray downloads of 1.5.1 went up > > significantly from its earlier releases. Why is that? It could be > > that many of the downloads are "casual" users who need it for some other > > application (in which case they wouldn't feel inclined to try NumPy). > > Secondary dependency of other projects maybe ? > http://www.google.com/search?q=requires+Numeric+python > > My money is on Spambayes... > > On the other hand ;) isn't small numbers a good thing, > thus the people using NumPy over Numeric/numarray knows > that some things in NumPy might still change and thus > their code as well. > > I'll risk to say their projects are probably also still > under active development. > > So now would probably be the best time to make these > type of changes. Stated differently, how would we like > NumPy to function 2 years from now ? > > With float64's or with int's ? Then we should rather > change it now. > > Then again where are NumPy in a crossing the chasm > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Chasm) > sense of way, visionary or pragmatist ? > > Just a few random thoughts. > > Regards, Louis. > > -- > Louis Cordier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cell: +27721472305 > Point45 Entertainment (Pty) Ltd. http://www.point45.org > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
+1 for float64 If we want to make Numpy the premier numerical analysis environment, then let's get it right. I've been bitten too many times by IDL's float32 default and Numeric's/Numarray's int32. If backward compatibility is the most important requirement then there would be no reason to write Numpy. There, I've said it. -- Paul Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
