Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-28 Thread David Cournapeau
Travis E. Oliphant wrote: >>> An IronPython compatible version of NumPy would be great.Of course >>> it could be done by using C# to write NumPy, but I'm not sure that this >>> would really be any less work than creating a "glue" layer that allowed >>> most (or all) C-Python extensions to wo

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-26 Thread Steve Lianoglou
> What are people's opinions about the value of NumPy and SciPy on > the CLR? If anything, wouldn't the "big win" (if it's a win at all) be to get NumPy/SciPy working on top of the JVM (as T. Hochber tried)? This way it's pretty much universally portable. I know Jython isn't as up to speed

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-26 Thread dmitrey
Scott Ransom wrote: What are people's opinions about the value of NumPy and SciPy on the CLR? As someone who uses Numpy/Scipy almost exclusively on Linux workstations or on clusters (in coordination with lots of C code), I wouldn't value NumPy and SciPy on the CLR at all. I am kind of

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-26 Thread Scott Ransom
> What are people's opinions about the value of NumPy and SciPy on the > CLR? As someone who uses Numpy/Scipy almost exclusively on Linux workstations or on clusters (in coordination with lots of C code), I wouldn't value NumPy and SciPy on the CLR at all. I am kind of curious, though, to see

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-26 Thread Charles R Harris
On 10/26/07, Travis E. Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> An IronPython compatible version of NumPy would be great.Of course > >> it could be done by using C# to write NumPy, but I'm not sure that this > >> would really be any less work than creating a "glue" layer that allowed > >> mos

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-26 Thread Travis E. Oliphant
>> An IronPython compatible version of NumPy would be great.Of course >> it could be done by using C# to write NumPy, but I'm not sure that this >> would really be any less work than creating a "glue" layer that allowed >> most (or all) C-Python extensions to work with IronPython. >> I

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-26 Thread Timothy Hochberg
On 10/26/07, Charles R Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/26/07, dmitrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Travis E. Oliphant wrote: > > > Giles Thomas wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> At Resolver Systems, we have a product that is written in IronPython > - > > >> the .NET Python impleme

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-26 Thread Charles R Harris
On 10/26/07, dmitrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis E. Oliphant wrote: > > Giles Thomas wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> At Resolver Systems, we have a product that is written in IronPython - > >> the .NET Python implementation - and allows users to use that language > >> to script a spreadsheet-

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-26 Thread dmitrey
Travis E. Oliphant wrote: > Giles Thomas wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> At Resolver Systems, we have a product that is written in IronPython - >> the .NET Python implementation - and allows users to use that language >> to script a spreadsheet-like interface. Because they're using >> IronPython, they

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-16 Thread Giles Thomas
We've created a Google Group to discuss this project, and if anyone's interested in contributing or advising, you're very welcome to sign up: My replies to everyone's comments below: David Cournapeau wrote: > Giles, maybe you could

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-15 Thread David Cournapeau
Christopher Barker wrote: > Is there a C# <-> C (or, I guess, really a .net <-> C ) binding > mechanism? Like JNI for Java? I don't know much about the whole .Net thing (CLR, in this case), but there is the p-invoke mechanism for that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Invocation_Services I

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-15 Thread Christopher Barker
Is there a C# <-> C (or, I guess, really a .net <-> C ) binding mechanism? Like JNI for Java? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R(206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (2

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-15 Thread Travis E. Oliphant
Giles Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > At Resolver Systems, we have a product that is written in IronPython - > the .NET Python implementation - and allows users to use that language > to script a spreadsheet-like interface. Because they're using > IronPython, they can access their existing .NET objects

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-15 Thread Albert Strasheim
Hello On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Giles Thomas wrote: >* Would it be better to try for some kind of "binary compatibility", > where we'd write some kind of "glue" that sat between the existing > C extension .pyd files and the IronPython engine? Our gut feeling > is that this would be

[Numpy-discussion] Request for advice: project to get NumPy working in IronPython

2007-10-15 Thread Giles Thomas
Hi, At Resolver Systems, we have a product that is written in IronPython - the .NET Python implementation - and allows users to use that language to script a spreadsheet-like interface. Because they're using IronPython, they can access their existing .NET objects and libraries, which has wor