[Numpy-discussion] Beginner Needing Help with Installation

[David Warde-Farley]

On 19-Nov-09, at 7:00 PM, Scot Denhalter wrote:

> Yes, my MacBook Pro came with Python 2.5.  Pierre recommends iPython,
> but the book I am using to learn Python (Natural Language Processing
> with Python) says that the NLTK won't work with anything above version
> 2.6.   I discovered that limitation after first installing Python 3.x.
> I don't know if iPython is compatible with the NLTK.  What do you
> think, Pierre?

IPython is not a version of Python; it is simply a front-end to the  
interactive Python prompt which makes it more pleasant to use (it adds  
tab completion, for example, and allows you to keep using the prompt  
while displaying a plot (e.g., to add things to an existing plot  
window, or to open multiple plots). IPython and NLTK will not  
interfere with one another.

At any rate, the matplotlib error is not an error but a warning, and  
unless you are making plots that involve dates and/or time zones  
(which is improbable given the subject area), it can be safely ignored.

David