Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:31:27 -0700 > From: Chris Barker <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SEAPY] Talk on NumPy: desired content? (Adam Feuer) > To: A group of Python users in Seattle > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Mike Orr wrote: > > > BTW, the talk may be postponed till June to give more time to prepare > > it. I'm just waiting for an official word from the speakers. > > OK -- I"m really not sure how my week will look next week, but it's not > looking good now. > > So if anyone else has a talk topic: please offer it up! > > Otherwise, if time opens up for me before the meeting, I can do it, > otherwise, June is out, and I don't know my summer schedule yet. > > -Chris >
The way I digress (I'm aware of it and not proud of it, but I'm too old to change ;-) ) I could do a half-hour, more or less, on the "center" of NumPy - the ndarray - which, along w/ some of the features it supports (e.g., slicing, broadcasting, broad data-type support) is the basis of its usage both in- and outside of mathematics; from there, I think it'll be more or less obvious to individuals how they might use it in their own applications. Then, if you really need/want me to fill an hour, I could fill the rest exhibiting my fractal generating code (all written in Python, NumPy, and Matplotlib) and the fractals it generates (ordinarily I'd bill it the other way around, but for this audience, I assume the code - though pretty elementary - might be of more interest). :-) DG
