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Re: IDL to C translator [message #11409 is a reply to message #11408]

Tue, 07 April 1998 00:00

Axel Schweiger
Messages: 11
Registered: November 1995

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Here are some very good reasons why an IDL -> C/Fortran translator (or a IDL
compiler ) would make sense:

1) IDL can be extremely slow if your code/algorithm requires you to loop over
an array. I don't think a lot of people
are coding applications where speed is an issue in IDL.

2) Not everybody has IDL and you may want to share an application.

BTW: Matlab has a matlab -> C translator. I suspect for the above reasons.

Axel

Liam Gumley wrote:

> Pedro J. Claudio wrote:
>> Does anyone know of an IDL to C or Fortran translator. I'm trying to
>> port a lot of IDL code and could really use anything that could automate
>> the process.
>
> No such translator exists.
>
> Just out of curiosity, why would you want to translate a working IDL
> application into C or FORTRAN?

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		Re: IDL to C translator By: davis on Thu, 09 April 1998 00:00
		Re: IDL to C translator By: David Fenyes on Wed, 08 April 1998 00:00
		Re: IDL to C translator By: Liam Gumley on Wed, 08 April 1998 00:00
		Re: IDL to C translator By: Liam Gumley on Wed, 08 April 1998 00:00
		Re: IDL to C translator By: Pedro J. Claudio on Wed, 08 April 1998 00:00
		Re: IDL to C translator By: Ebeth Jones on Wed, 08 April 1998 00:00
		Re: IDL to C translator By: Liam Gumley on Tue, 07 April 1998 00:00
		Re: IDL to C translator By: Axel Schweiger on Tue, 07 April 1998 00:00
		Re: IDL to C translator By: Liam Gumley on Tue, 07 April 1998 00:00

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