Re: [Python-ideas] Adding a half-float (16-bit) type to PEP 3118 (and possibly the struct module?)

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> wrote:

(BTW, I didn't know that Python's complex numbers were NumPy influenced:  thanks for that.)

You have Jim Hugunin to thank for that. I can still recall the exact location at the third Python conference (http://www.python.org/workshops/1995-12/) where Jim cornered and convinced me to add complex numbers (I don't recall which other features were part of the deal). Of course we have Jim to thank for NumPy, Jython, and IronPython as well. :-) -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)