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I agree with everything you say, but I don't understand this part: > it serves not only as a critical bare-metal layer What's bare-metal about NumPy??

• michaericalribo 6y ago
  Heh, I’m probably misusing that term—forgive me, I’m just a script kiddy! :D I meant that it can serve the role of low-level, nitty gritty machinery, entirely separate from its use case as a module unto its own right. Eg, pandas (in some sense) is just a convenience layer on top of numpy—but to me that’s like saying any piece of software is “just a convenience layer on top of python.” It’s partly a means to an end! Not just an end unto itself. Numpy enables a whole new class of functionality, independent of its direct use as part of my software. Is there a better word for that?
  • m3at 6y ago
    I think you sum it up nicely! The better word you're looking for might be cornerstone?
  • moreati 6y ago
    perhaps foundation, or base layer.
• michaericalribo 6y ago
  Sidebar: I originally used the word “gunmetal” and that...was even less correct. Get this guy a dictionary!