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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:22:20 -0500
Subject: Re: Elementwise -//- first release -//- Element-wise (vectorized) function, method and operator support for iterables in python.
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Paul Dubois <pfdubois@gmail.com> wrote:
> You're reinventing Numeric Python.

I prefer to think of it in terms of paying homage to NumPy (and
functional programming).  A big part of the motivation for this was
bringing the elegance of NumPy to other areas of python besides
numerical/scientific programming.

Nathan