On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> wrote:
To put the "but what if the user doesn't have SSE2 support?" concern in context, it should only affect Intel users with CPUs older than a Pentium 4 (released 2001), and AMD users with a CPU older than an Opteron or Athlon 64 (both released 2003). All x86/x86_64 CPUs released in the past decade should be able to handle SSE2 binaries, so our caveat can be "if your computer is more than a decade old, 'pip install numpy' may not work for you, but it should do the right thing on newer systems".
Exactly
However, from my perspective, having NumPy readily available to users using the python.org Windows installers for Python 3.4 would *significantly* lower the barrier to entry to the Scientific Python stack for new users on relatively modern systems when compared to the 4 current options
+1 with a note: This isn't just for users of the SciPy Stack -- there are LOT of use-cases for just numpy by itself. Not that I don't want folks to have easy access of the rest of the stack as well -- just sayin' -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 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov