NumPy

It allows developers to build more complex appliations, using NumPy as its code base.

Features:

• Broadcasting functions
• Linear algebra functions
• Fourier transforms
• Sophisticated random number capabilities
• Tools for integrating Fortran code
• N-dimensional array object

What is new in this release:

• Numerous performance improvements in various areas, most notably indexing and operations on small arrays are significantly faster. Indexing operations now also release the GIL.
• Addition of `nanmedian` and `nanpercentile` rounds out the nanfunction set.

What is new in version 1.6.1:

• Re-introduction of datetime dtype support to deal with dates in arrays.
• A new 16-bit floating point type.
• A new iterator, which improves performance of many functions.

Limitations:

• For advanced developers only.