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diff --git a/doc/source/user/building.rst b/doc/source/user/building.rst index 10983ce8f..22efca4a6 100644 --- a/doc/source/user/building.rst +++ b/doc/source/user/building.rst @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Building NumPy requires the following software installed: 2) Compilers + Much of NumPy is written in C. You will need a C compiler that complies + with the C99 standard. + While a FORTRAN 77 compiler is not necessary for building NumPy, it is needed to run the ``numpy.f2py`` tests. These tests are skipped if the compiler is not auto-detected. |