NUMPY 2.0: AN EVOLUTIONARY MILESTONE

Summary from the TLDR newsletter

NumPy 2.0 brings a wealth of enhancements and improvements and sets the stage for future feature development. Some of the key changes include a cleaned-up and streamlined Python API, improved scalar promotion rules, Windows compatibility enhancements, and support for the Python array API standard. There are also significant performance and documentation improvements. Some API and ABI changes are backwards-incompatible and users will likely need to adjust existing code when adopting the release.