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Re: Standalone executables (was Origin of IDL) [message #21658 is a reply to message #21489]

Wed, 06 September 2000 12:00

Andy Loughe
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Registered: November 1995

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Martin Schultz wrote:
>
> David Fanning wrote:
>>
>> [...] and the total cost can be arrived at
>> only after careful consideration of all the variables.
>> [...]
>
> Here is the most recent price quote from the German
> representative of RSI (Creaso):
> for each scalar variable (but not complex, pointer, or
> object): $ 0.02
> for each complex
> variable: $ 0.04
> for each 1-dimensional array not exceeding 65K
> elements: $ 0.05
> for each 2+ dimensional array not exceeding 65K
> elements: $ 0.08
> for each variable with more than 65K
> elements: $ 0.25
> for each pointer that gets freed
> later: $ 0.01 (1)
> for each pointer that needs a
> heap_gc: $ 2.80 (1)
> for each object:
> - $ 0.15 (2)
>
> All prices are per license, there is a reduction of 15% if you
> purchase more than 100 licenses. A base fee of $ 3.50 is added
> for each program unit regardless of it's use of variables.
>
> (1) please note that the data the pointer is pointing to must be
> purchased seperately
> (2) please note that the data stored in the object must be
> purchased seperately

Ok, we'll pack all input data into short integers, perform
only linear operations using our IDL standalone license, and
then unpack the data and display it using python and gnuplot.
This sounds wonderful, and think of all the money we'll save!

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		Standalone executables (was Origin of IDL) By: Andy Loughe on Tue, 29 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Standalone executables (was Origin of IDL) By: Harmonic Software on Wed, 06 September 2000 13:41
		Re: Standalone executables (was Origin of IDL) By: Andy Loughe on Wed, 06 September 2000 12:00
		Re: Standalone executables (was Origin of IDL) By: Martin Schultz on Wed, 06 September 2000 01:02
		Re: Standalone executables (was Origin of IDL) By: davidf on Tue, 05 September 2000 16:20

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