On 10/26/07, Charles R Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/26/07, dmitrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Travis E. Oliphant wrote: > > > Giles Thomas wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> At Resolver Systems, we have a product that is written in IronPython > - > > >> the .NET Python implementation - and allows users to use that > language > > >> to script a spreadsheet-like interface. Because they're using > > >> IronPython, they can access their existing .NET objects and > libraries, > > >> which has worked out really well for us and for them. But there's an > > >> increasing number of users who would like access to CPython C > > >> extensions - in particular, NumPy. > > >> > > > An IronPython compatible version of NumPy would be great. Of course > > > it could be done by using C# to write NumPy, but I'm not sure that > this > > > would really be any less work than creating a "glue" layer that > allowed > > > most (or all) C-Python extensions to work with IronPython. > > > > > > > > So can anyone inform will IronPython have bridge to NumPy or something > else? > > And will it be available in nearest future or some weeks/months/years > > are required? > > (I'm interested in scikits.openopt being available for IronPython as > > well, and it requires numpy) > > And what about pylab for IronPython? Is it work already now, or will be > > available in nearest future, or the situation is undefined? > > > > Jim Hugunin, who did the original Numeric, started the IronPython > project and was later hired by Microsoft to bring it to completion. He > mentioned at one of the SciPy conferences that if he had it to do over > again, he would do Numeric in C#. But that is not really an option for > us ;)
FWIW, I once rewrote the core of Numeric in Java for use with Jython (then JPyhton). I gave it up after I became disillusioned with Java, but the code's still out there (http://jnumerical.sourceforge.net/) although I suspect it is pretty dated at this point. -- . __ . |-\ . . [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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