Travis Oliphant wrote: > Francesc Altet wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've seen the description of NumPy in the recent announcement (btw, good >> work!) and I think it misses something important. To put this in context, >> let >> me paste the description used for the latest announce: >> >> """ >> NumPy is a Python extension that provides a multi-dimensional array and >> basic mathematical processing to Python. NumPy also provides foundation >> for basic image and signal processing, linear algebra and Fourier >> transforms, and random number generation. NumPy also includes easy >> integration with ctypes and Fortran allowing powerful extensions to be >> written. >> """ >> >> This is ok but I think it stresses a bit too much the mathematical side of >> NumPy and doesn't mention the important field of application for the >> flexible >> multi-dimensional data containers that it provides. >
How about: """ NumPy extends Python with a multi-dimensional array type (class) and related mathematical functions. This provides the Python user with useful abstractions for managing and computing with multi-dimensional bulk data. This provides a strong foundation for for such domains as statistics, image and signal processing, finance, and general systems modeling. Easy integration with ctypes and Fortran allow efficient leveraging of high performance C and Fortran code. """ _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
