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Subject: Re: PEP 450 Adding a statistics module to Python
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> 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.

I read that before posting but am not sure I agree. I don't see the
screaming need for this package.  Why can't it continue to live on
PyPI, where, once again, it is available as "pip install ..."?

S