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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Building NumPy requires the following installed software:
2) Cython >= 0.29.2 (for development versions of numpy, not for released
versions)
-
+
3) pytest__ (optional) 1.15 or later
This is required for testing numpy, but not for using it.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Python__ http://www.python.org
pytest__ http://pytest.readthedocs.io
-.. note::
+.. note::
If you want to build NumPy in order to work on NumPy itself, use
``runtests.py``. For more details, see
@@ -77,11 +77,7 @@ skipped when running the test suite if no Fortran compiler is available. For
building Scipy a Fortran compiler is needed though, so we include some details
on Fortran compilers in the rest of this section.
-On OS X and Linux, all common compilers will work. Note that C99 support is
-required. For compilers that don't support the C99 language standard by
-default (such as ``gcc`` versions < 5.0), it should be enabled. For ``gcc``::
-
- export CFLAGS='-std=c99'
+On OS X and Linux, all common compilers will work.
For Fortran, ``gfortran`` works, ``g77`` does not. In case ``g77`` is
installed then ``g77`` will be detected and used first. To explicitly select
@@ -117,9 +113,9 @@ details.
Windows
-------
-The Intel compilers work with Intel MKL, see the application note linked above.
+The Intel compilers work with Intel MKL, see the application note linked above.
MingwPy__ works with OpenBLAS.
-For an overview of the state of BLAS/LAPACK libraries on Windows, see
+For an overview of the state of BLAS/LAPACK libraries on Windows, see
`here <https://mingwpy.github.io/blas_lapack.html>`_.
OS X