I'm very interested. As a side note, I've been working with some big datasets in numpy and NetCDF and have found that the product of creating a pickled numpy array versus creating a netcdf file directly is about 3x bigger. But since these days I'm having to work on Windows w/ Cygwin and the fact that getting matplotlib made on Cygwin is really tenuous, I've been creating the nc files, using netcdf operators to get hyperslabs and perform basic calcs, then running a conversion to a pickled numpy array to leverage matplotlib (on Windows). Numpy and matplotlib are wonderful aspects of wonderful Python. I've definitely drank the kool-aid!
Someday, I'd like to hear a talk about extending python (wrapping C) and embedding it in C and using ctypes. Though I'd definitely like it to be lite since I'm hardly paper thin on C. Matt On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Richard Fuhr <[email protected]> wrote: > I, as a Python newbie with an interest in math, would like to learn about > numpy. > > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Christopher Barker > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Does anyone have a talk for the October meeting? >>>>> >>>> >> I see it is the 14th. >>> >> >> It looks like David Goldsmith and I could do a numpy talk -- are folks >> interested in that? >> >> David, are you still game? >> >> -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 >> >> [email protected] >> > >
