Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-25 Thread Mahesh Narayanamurthi
Thank you all for your replies. I wonder why I din't get any updates from the mailing list. Now I feel I have more reasons to proceed with the implementation. Only that I don't know where to start :) Thanks, Mahesh Narayanamurthi ___ Tutor maillist -

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-08 Thread Knacktus
Am 08.03.2011 20:00, schrieb Alan Gauld: "Stefan Behnel" wrote He doesn't have to write it, as it is very obvious, that no Python code on earth (even written by Guido himself ;-)) stands a chance compared to Fortran or C. Look at this: There is one big proviso. The C or Fortran needs to be w

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-08 Thread Alan Gauld
"Stefan Behnel" wrote He doesn't have to write it, as it is very obvious, that no Python code on earth (even written by Guido himself ;-)) stands a chance compared to Fortran or C. Look at this: There is one big proviso. The C or Fortran needs to be well written It's seriously hard to wri

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-08 Thread Stefan Behnel
Alan Gauld, 08.03.2011 09:51: "Knacktus" wrote He doesn't have to write it, as it is very obvious, that no Python code on earth (even written by Guido himself ;-)) stands a chance compared to Fortran or C. Look at this: There is one big proviso. The C or Fortran needs to be well written in th

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-08 Thread Alan Gauld
"Knacktus" wrote He doesn't have to write it, as it is very obvious, that no Python code on earth (even written by Guido himself ;-)) stands a chance compared to Fortran or C. Look at this: There is one big proviso. The C or Fortran needs to be well written in the first place. It's quite pos

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-07 Thread Knacktus
Am 07.03.2011 22:44, schrieb Steven D'Aprano: On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:28:56 am Knacktus wrote: Am 07.03.2011 01:50, schrieb Mahesh Narayanamurthi: Hello, I am thinking of implementing a BLAS package in pure python. I am wondering if this is a good idea. Sure, why not? Even if nobody uses it, i

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:28:56 am Knacktus wrote: > Am 07.03.2011 01:50, schrieb Mahesh Narayanamurthi: > > Hello, > > > > I am thinking of implementing a BLAS package in pure python. I am > > wondering if this is a good idea. Sure, why not? Even if nobody uses it, it looks good on a resume and you

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-07 Thread Stefan Behnel
Knacktus, 07.03.2011 14:28: Am 07.03.2011 01:50, schrieb Mahesh Narayanamurthi: Hello, I am thinking of implementing a BLAS package in pure python. I am wondering if this is a good idea. My design goals are: [2] Targetted to run on Python3 Good idea. NumPy and SciPy will be (are already?)

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-07 Thread Knacktus
Am 07.03.2011 01:50, schrieb Mahesh Narayanamurthi: Hello, I am thinking of implementing a BLAS package in pure python. I am wondering if this is a good idea. I don't think so. Usually people write extensions to the CPython implementation (when talking about performance, we need to talk about

Re: [Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-07 Thread Stefan Behnel
Mahesh Narayanamurthi, 07.03.2011 01:50: I am thinking of implementing a BLAS package in pure python. I am wondering if this is a good idea. My design goals are: [1] Efficient manipulation of Matrices and Vectors using pure python objects and python code. [2] Targetted to run on Python

[Tutor] BLAS Implementation on Python

2011-03-06 Thread Mahesh Narayanamurthi
Hello, I am thinking of implementing a BLAS package in pure python. I am wondering if this is a good idea. My design goals are: [1] Efficient manipulation of Matrices and Vectors using pure python objects and python code. [2] Targetted to run on Python3 [3] Extensive use of defensive pro