John, Thanks for the heads up RE: scipy, I will keep my eyes on the developments.
Also, thanks for the info: [quote] that the matplotlib.mlab package (where linspace and others functions reside) do not require any extension code and can be reused anywhere [/quote] I was able to get these modules into my site-packages directory, and make use of what is there. Cheers, kjm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list