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Re: Request for comparisons of IDL and Matlab [message #12954 is a reply to message #12876]

Tue, 22 September 1998 00:00

Harvey Rarback
Messages: 24
Registered: September 1998

Junior Member

Last week I wrote in message <6tptdg$n5l$1@nntp.Stanford.EDU>...

> I have just started working at a laboratory with some expertise in Matlab and
> none in IDL or PV-WAVE. I have been an IDL user for a decade and am
> trying to decide whether I should make the effort to get the scientists and
> programmers to think about using IDL. I would especially appreciate any
> input from people who have used the latest versions of both programming
> environments.
>
> Some of the features we will need:
>
> - ability to run on OpenVMS Alpha, Windows NT, possibly Unix
> - easy to develop GUIs
> - a robust set of mathematical and image processing tools
> - good performance

I got two responses from people who had used both environments and were
clear that, although both languages could do what we need, Matlab was
easier to use and had more tools and better support.

Do any users of IDL feel otherwise?

--Harvey
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		Request for comparisons of IDL and Matlab By: Harvey Rarback on Wed, 16 September 1998 00:00
		Re: Request for comparisons of IDL and Matlab By: Steve Johnson on Wed, 23 September 1998 00:00
		Re: Request for comparisons of IDL and Matlab By: davidf on Tue, 22 September 1998 00:00
		Re: Request for comparisons of IDL and Matlab By: Harvey Rarback on Tue, 22 September 1998 00:00

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