| Re: IDL/PV-WAVE strengths/weaknesses [message #1178 is a reply to message #1177] |
Tue, 06 July 1993 09:09  |
mms
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Registered: July 1993
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Robert E Kearney (rob@reflex.biomed.mcgill.ca) wrote:
> I am considering the purchase of a visualization package and
> would appreciate any input regarding the relative merits of IDL
> and pv-wave (or any other similar package).
I spent over two years as a software engineer at GE NMR in Fremont CA
developing GUI's utilizing Sun's DevGuide and RSI's IDL. You should
know that IDL is the progenitor of PV~WAVE. It was about 2 years ago
when RSI sold off to Precision Visuals. Now PV~WAVE is a product unto
itself.
I was using the tool to display NMR data sets upwards of 32Mb in size.
IDL is a very powerful tool. Over the past year and a half, they have
implemented a widget set to facilitate the use of IDL (vs. the regular
command line interface). Perhaps you know that all of IDL CLI and its
widget set can be scripted. As far as the widget set goes, I highly
recommend keeping with the Motif side (considering the UniForum ann-
ouncement last March where Sun now is dropping OPEN LOOK in the light
of the up and comming Windows NT).
One side note. At the time IDL was significantly less expensive than
PV~WAVE, but had the same functionality (before the sell-off). At this
point, that is ancient pricing, I'm sure things have changed.
Regards.
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