On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Russ P. <russ.paie...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 21, 1:33 am, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- > cybersource.com.au> wrote: >> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:01:42 -0700, Russ P. wrote: >> > Most programmers probably never use vectors and matrices, so they don't >> > care about the inconsistency with standard mathematical notation. >> >> Perhaps you should ask the numpy programmers what they think about that. > > Why would I care in the least about something called "numpy"?
Because it's a popular matrix math package for Python. Its users are thus a subset of programmers which by definition don't fall into the "most programmers" group you describe. Cheers, Chris -- Google is your friend! http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
