Thank you for pointing this out. I have two questions. 1. Note that we could not reach a consensus about using C++ for future versions, even though C++ is quite aged by now, because of complaints that acceptable (ie, standard-conforming) compilers were not available (a) for free and (b) on all platforms. When would C# likely be able to meet these conditions? 2. Java flunked the Kindergarten test -- it did not like to play with others. Will C# pass it? If I want to use many of the available algorithms, I have to be able to call C and Fortran. The fact that Python itself is implemented in a given language is of almost no value in and of itself. Nobody is going to rewrite Linpack and Spherepack in C# next month. My questions may sound rhetorical, but they are not. Although I have glanced through the C# spec, and am somewhat pleased with it, I do not know the answers to these questions. -----Original Message----- From: numpy-discussion-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:numpy-discussion-admin@lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Ivan Frohne Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 6:29 PM To: Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Numpy-discussion] Numeric 2 : Arrays and Floating Point in C# Microsoft's new language C# (c-sharp) implements the IEEE-754 floating point standard. There are positive and negative infinities and zeros, NaNs, and arithmetic operations involving these values behave properly. C# also has both multidimensional rectangular and ragged arrays, and combinations thereof. Since a version of Python based on C# will soon be released, (by ActiveState), any Numeric-2 development that doesn't take these accomplishments seriously is in danger of becoming obsolete before it gets documented. The C# language specification is at the web site below (make one line out of it). See, in particular, sections 4.1.5 and 12.1. --Ivan Frohne http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/dotnet/csspec/vcl rfcsharpspec_Start.htm _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion