Ben Sizer wrote: > Bryan wrote: > >> at the end of that page, it says: >> >> "Numarray is another implementation of an arrayobject for Python written >> after >> Numeric and before NumPy. Sponsors of numarray have indicated they will be >> moving to NumPy as soon as is feasible for them so that eventually numarray >> will >> be phased out." >> >> >> on the python wiki >> "NumArray is the current reimplementation of NumPy." >> http://wiki.python.org/moin/NumArray >> >> so, was Numarray written *before* NumPY, or was it a reimplementation of >> NumPy >> which implies it came *after* NumPy? it seems clear that Numeric is the old >> one >> and i read is not being worked on anymore. so that leaves Numarray and >> numpy. >> which of these two should i use? > > Bryan, > > NumPy is the name of both an old package and a new package. I believe > that NumArray came after the first incarnation, but that the new > incarnation of NumPy is the most recent, and is probably the one you > want. >
thanks ben, i'll use NumPy then. just wish it was clear and obvious which one to use so i wouldn't have had to ask this question here. bryan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
