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Subject: Re: PEP 450 Adding a statistics module to Python
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> NumPy and SciPy are not available for many Python users, including those
> using a Python implementation for which there is no Numpy support
> <URL:http://new.scipy.org/faq.html#python-version-support> and those for
> whom large, dependency-heavy third-party packages are too much burden.
>
> See the Rationale of PEP 450 for more reasons why =E2=80=9Cinstall NumPy=
=E2=80=9D is not
> a feasible solution for many use cases, and why having =E2=80=98statistic=
s=E2=80=99 as a
> pure-Python, standard-library package is desirable.

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