[Ironpython-users] numpy in IronPython

[Jeff Hardy]

On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Doug Blank <doug.blank at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Steve Baer <steve at mcneel.com> wrote:
>
>> I would definitely be interested in helping, but don't exactly know where
>> to start. We have a lot of users who would love to get access to numpy on
>> our OSX and 64bit windows versions of our product.  This is only going to
>> become a bigger problem in the future since we will probably only have a
>> 64bit version for Window in the next version of Rhino.
>>
>
> I agree. Let's start a serious discussion about how to solve the lack of
> numpy in IronPython.
>
> We could look into using ctypes (IronClad?) and wrap what already exists.
>
> We could look into a cross-platform DLL drop-in replacement.
>
> Between speed and compatibility, initially I'm most interested in
> compatibility. But speed should be a long term goal.
>
> We could write a pure-python prototype initially, and slowly move that to
> C#, or another CLR language. That would be useful for all non-C-based
> Python implementations, and would probably be quickest to write and test.
>
> A related note: Python3 just added a new matrix multiplication operator
> [1]. Hope to see more numpy-related functionality in standard Python in the
> future.
>
> Other ideas? Where to start?
>

I would start by asking the NumPy team what the best option is, and seeing
what the NumPyPy team are doing - the more work that can be shared, the
better.

- Jeff
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