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Re: IDL opinions [message #2345 is a reply to message #2153]

Tue, 07 June 1994 23:07

stl
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In article <7JUN199412145303@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov> isaacman@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Subvert the Dominant Paradigm! (301) 513-7769) writes:
>
> I agree with Bill's post. However, I would add the caveat that one area
> in which IDL has problems is memory management. You can get bitten by
> memory fragmentation if you are manipulating many large arrays.
>
> Rich Isaacman

Someone else mentioned, this, but it cannot be said enough. IDL handles
memory very well, and fragmentation is more a result from the operating
system. If you are really using huge data sets, using assoc() may help
your problem (since it uses no memory space (theoretically) and is
bloody fast. Like any other language (okay, most) you just have to do
some memory masnagement in your code. Not a big deal, and I would
venture to say that it is MUCH easier in IDL then most languages!

-stephen Strebel

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		Re: IDL opinions By: isaacman on Tue, 07 June 1994 09:14
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		Re: IDL opinions By: dan on Tue, 07 June 1994 14:51
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