a new beta 2 of the enthought python distribution has been released. it includes updates to the latest versions of wxpython 2.8.7.1 vtk 5.2 ipython 0.9.1 matplotlib 0.98.3 ets 3.0.2 and some other stuff. it looks like numpy is still at 1.1.1 though i guess numpy 1.2 will appear in the final epd release as it is almost ready to roll. still no netcdf4python though. another nice unpublicized thing i...
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for the past two months or so ive been slowly migrating my scientific workflow thats a fancy way of saying my chaotic data hacking from matlab r tm c to python. the results are overwhelmingly positive so id like to rant about it a bit. first some background. my work typically involves the analysis of tons of remote sensing observations contained in files of various formats netcdf if im very lucky ...
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i just glanced over at the release notes for numpy 1.0.5 which will be tagged on wednesday. the io subsystem in scipy and numpy is getting an overhaul with a standardized format for arrays being dumped to disk. currently all of my serialization takes place in hdf5 files which is probably the best way for portability but the .npy.npz method is certainly interesting as pytables has had a nasty hab...
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