| Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! [message #20022 is a reply to message #19877] |
Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00   |
davidf
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Registered: September 1996
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Nicolas Decoster (Nicolas.Decoster@Noveltis.fr) writes:
> Well, in fact I am in consulting business. And I was before I had to
> meet IDL. IDL come to me as a tool to do my consulting business. I guess
> the people I work for do not mind I know well the quote-double
> quote-octal thing of IDL. They do not ever mind I use IDL or not. They
> want me to correctly analyse and treat their data. It is my business to
> do it not too slowly. But you are right, perhaps I can convince them IDL
> _is_ the ultimate tool to treat their data, and they absolutly need idl
> scripts and applications to handle their data efficiently at home and to
> exploit my results, and IDL is very powerful but require quite complex
> programming but I know the holy words (i.e. the "quote-double quote"
> thing) to built such complex-bu-powerful-applications... hum... Then ?
> $$$ Kling ! $$$ Money !!!
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> Yeaaah !
Now you've got the idea. It's all a matter of marketing. :-)
> Thanks for the tip, David. I suggest you replace the tip of the year on
> your site by this one. :-)
Yeah, I have been looking for something new. I haven't been
asked a color question in ages. I'm writing the color section
for the 2nd Edition of the book now, but maybe I should do us
all a favor and just delete this section and save room
for more array subscribing features. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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