On 10/30/06, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If anybody has a desire to see the array interface into Python, please > help by voicing an opinion on python-dev in the discussion about adding > data-type objects to Python. There are a few prominent people who > don't get why applications would need to share data-type information > about memory areas. I need help giving reasons why. > > -Travis
Python-Dev is sometimes a hard place to get into. I remember posting some proposals or even bugs (considered bugs for me and others) and getting rather crude responses. Travis said "a few prominent people...". I consider Travis a *very* prominent people in Python world. His **terrific** contribution to NumPy reveals a really smart, always-looking-ahead way of doing things. However, I've seen before strong and disparate opposition to his proposals in Python-Dev. Perhaps the reason for this is simple: few Python core developers are involved in scientific computing and do not have a clear idea of what it is needed for this. I really believe that NumPy/Scipy community should try to raise his voice on Python-Dev. Many NumPy/Scipy users/developers really want to run high-performance Python code. Python is being used in supercomputers, some applications taking advantage of Python (SPaSM) have even won the Gordon Bell Performance Prize. An 25 Tflop/s application involving Python programing language is really a good example of what can be achieved with Python and compiled code interaction. In short, I fully support Travis in his initiative to standardize access to low level binary data, and encourage others like me who really want this to post to Python-Dev. From my part, I will try to post my reasons in connection with my (small) experience developing MPI for Python. Regars, -- Lisandro Dalcín --------------- Centro Internacional de Métodos Computacionales en Ingeniería (CIMEC) Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (INTEC) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) PTLC - Güemes 3450, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina Tel/Fax: +54-(0)342-451.1594 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
