General Numerical Python question

[John J. Lee]

Michael Ressler <ressler at cheetah.jpl.nasa.gov> writes:

> In article <%xVib.26249$gi2.16759 at fed1read01>, Tim Hochberg wrote:
[...]
> You are right, of course, but I was trying to be clear, not fast. The
> point is that you could replace that sum with the sum of the squares
> and crossproducts, and thus get a running standard deviation, for
> example. The trick of Numeric is thinking about problems in new ways
> which are far different from what the original author is used to with
> loops.
[...]

Perhaps part of the trick is to know when to leave Numeric behind and
use Pyrex.


John