Fernando Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A mention of the particular problems with numarray might be a good idea, so that readers are aware of Numeric and where it may still be preferable to numarray, but with the understanding that it's a (shrinking) niche. Hopefully one day that niche will shrink to zero, but that is going to take time and work.
Right -- and if I can get the 2nd ed of the Nutshell out within 2005, it may be too early to say that Numeric has shrunk to the vanishing point... so I may still need to have both in...
I think that, for people who are approaching numarray/Numeric for the first time through your book, all they need is a discussion about numarray and a brief discussion about Numeric's existence, its important differences from numarray, and why one might use it instead (small array performance, compatibility with other libraries, etc.). I think that the core lessons such a person is going to learn from a numarray section of your book will transfer just fine to Numeric if they are careful. If they're not careful, a book isn't going to keep them from shooting themselves in the foot, anyways. :-)
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