On Mar 18, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Ondrej Certik wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Tim Lahey <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've been thinking about applying for GSoC and working on a Cython core. I'm >> assuming that it would be an optional thing? So, there would be two cores, >> an optimized one that's done in Cython and a pure Python one for when Cython >> isn't available. > > Yes. > >> >> Is the idea to update and clean up sympyx and properly integrate it into >> sympy? > > I think that the latest code is here: > > https://github.com/certik/sympyx > > unless somebody did some more work on it. I think so, it should be > integrated into sympy. It's a nontrivial project though. > >> >> On a development note, is there a good way to have a separate python and >> packages (e.g., a sympy fork and cython) so I don't mess up my system >> python? I'm working on OS X, but I could install a Linux VM in Virtualbox >> (if so, which Linux?). > > There are several options for that, I think virtualenv is one of them. > I personally use my own project for it: > > http://qsnake.com/ > > it's similar to Sage (uses some packages from Sage), but I rebuilt the > build system. It installs everything into a local directory and you > can have as many qsnake installations as you want. I then develop > using > > qsnake --shell > > and then I can call any installed package. At my work, I don't even > have a root access to my computer, so qsnake (or something similar) is > the only option. I didn't test this on a Mac for a long time, so > probably more work would be needed, I only have time to test on Ubuntu > though. > > Ondrej
As long as you didn't use any stuff specific to your linux distribution (like apt-get or something), it should work on the Mac. Mac OS X is full POSIX after all. Aaron Meurer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
