A very smart and to-the-point question, Matthew. I've been wanting the answer to this question myself when working on my project. The answer to this question is critical for code writing.
Another issue I would like to raise, that I believe is related to this topic, is a phrase in the Sympy Mission, "… while keeping the code as simple as possible in order to be comprehensible and easily extensible." How do we, as coders, follow this maxim ? Do we sacrifice performance for readability ? Or is this line just their to emphasize our choice of choosing python as our language. A notable example which doesnt follow this guideline is the Polys internals. Comments ? As to the original question, is there any data of where/how Sympy is used ? If not, can we start collecting such data ? Thanks Matthew, once again, to raise such an important question. -Sherjil Ozair On May 12, 8:14 pm, Matthew Rocklin <[email protected]> wrote: > Do we have a clear understanding of who our userbase is? > > Is SymPy being used for education? for research in academia? in industry? I > imagine the answer is that "yes, it's being used in all of those places". > Does anyone know the extent to which it's used in these contexts? While > designing I'd like to know what audience I should target. > > Best, > -Matt -- 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.
