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Re: Ranting and Raving and getting back to global variables [message #11554 is a reply to message #11550]

Mon, 20 April 1998 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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J.D. Smith (jdsmith@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu) writes in his
follow-up to this conversation:

> I believe IDL *should* focus on consolidating and cleaning their
> interface, but I don't think they should delay or inhibit the
> introduction of new features to help achieve this consolidation. As we
> all know, the simplest program is the one which does nothing at all.

I can only say "Amen!" to this. Despite the tone of my earlier
rant, I am no Luddite. I *like* the new features of IDL and,
truthfully, I have a professional interest in having RSI
introduce as many new and confusing features as possible.
I'm just frustrated sometimes by the large number of people
who struggle with simple tasks in IDL. In addition to more
new features, let's make IDL accessible to all the rest of us
who struggle so hard to learn the basics.

Cheers,

David

P.S. I've had the opportunity this week to see object
graphics programs running on great hardware. My opinion
on the utility of writing object graphics programs
is evolving. The future may be here sooner than I had
previously thought. :-)

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Phone: 970-221-0438
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		Re: Ranting and Raving and getting back to global variables By: Martin Schultz on Tue, 21 April 1998 00:00
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		Re: Ranting and Raving and getting back to global variables By: J.D. Smith on Mon, 20 April 1998 00:00
		Re: Ranting and Raving and getting back to global variables By: Martin Schultz on Mon, 20 April 1998 00:00

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