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Re: Mac OSX [message #27164 is a reply to message #27034]

Wed, 10 October 2001 14:54

Randall Skelton
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Registered: October 2000

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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, David Fanning wrote:

>> Are they an alternative?
>
> No.
>

David,

There are alternatives. I'll admit that none of them can compete with the
wide cross-platform support that IDL has enjoyed over the years but it
looks like RSI's cross-platform marketing approach has vanished.

Many alternatives for unix based systems can be found on the Scientific
Applications for Linux site which I've posted a few times now:

http://sal.kachinatech.com/D/1/

More specifically...

The R data language looks promising.
http://www.r-project.org/

Octave, Scilab, and RLab are Matlab clones but neither has great graphics.
http://www.octave.org/
http://www-rocq.inria.fr/scilab/scilab.html
http://rlab.sourceforge.net/ (no longer developed)

Yorick is another option (more like IDL)
ftp://ftp-icf.llnl.gov/pub/Yorick/doc/index.html

PyDL for Python Data Language is a parser with showing some promise
http://nickbower.com/computer/pydl/

SciGraphica is a clone of the popular commercial application "Microcal
Origin".
http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/

The TeLa tensor language looks ok but the web site is from 1997
http://sumppu.fmi.fi/prog/tela.html

Also the Euler Project:
http://mathsrv.ku-eichstaett.de/MGF/homes/grothmann/euler/in dex.html

For those only looking for a Mac/Windows solution you might want to try
IGOR from Wavemetrics (Commercial but very affordable). Having been an
IGOR user for many years prior to Matlab/IDL I can say their support and
commitment is second to none. As of IGOR 3.16, the language it self
lacked a little in linear algebra area and it was notably missing data
structures last I checked. An object model and better 3d visualization
tools would also be required for it to really compete directly with IDL.
I would love to see the language develop a little further and a Linux
version to become available... http://www.wavemetrics.com

Cheers,
Randall

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		Mac OSX By: Richard Adams on Mon, 08 October 2001 03:53
		Re: Mac OSX By: Dick Jackson on Wed, 10 October 2001 12:21
		Re: Mac OSX By: colinr on Thu, 11 October 2001 01:17
		Re: Mac OSX By: Dennis Boccippio on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:22
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 10 October 2001 12:46
		Re: Mac OSX By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Wed, 10 October 2001 11:34
		Re: Mac OSX By: colinr on Thu, 11 October 2001 01:19
		Re: Mac OSX By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 10 October 2001 12:38
		Re: Mac OSX By: Todd Clements on Wed, 10 October 2001 10:43
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 10 October 2001 07:55
		Re: Mac OSX By: Noam R. Izenberg on Wed, 10 October 2001 07:22
		Re: Mac OSX By: Jaco van Gorkom on Wed, 10 October 2001 06:18
		Re: Mac OSX By: Richard Adams on Wed, 10 October 2001 05:56
		Re: Mac OSX By: Randall Skelton on Wed, 10 October 2001 05:24
		Re: Mac OSX By: Bernard K. on Wed, 10 October 2001 00:37
		Re: Mac OSX By: Rob.Preece on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:29
		Re: Mac OSX By: Bernard K. on Wed, 10 October 2001 00:33
		Re: Mac OSX By: Wayne Landsman on Tue, 09 October 2001 23:18
		Re: Mac OSX By: Randall Skelton on Tue, 09 October 2001 22:55
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Tue, 09 October 2001 21:28
		Re: Mac OSX By: gschneider on Tue, 09 October 2001 16:01
		Re: Mac OSX By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Wed, 10 October 2001 12:20
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Tue, 09 October 2001 14:09
		Re: Mac OSX By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 11 October 2001 13:45
		Mac Scoop (Long) By: Noam R. Izenberg on Thu, 11 October 2001 14:25
		Re: Mac Scoop (Long) By: msienkiewicz on Fri, 12 October 2001 17:30
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 11 October 2001 09:24
		Re: Mac OSX By: richard hilton on Thu, 11 October 2001 09:06
		Re: Mac OSX By: Andrew Cool on Sun, 14 October 2001 17:09
		Re: Mac OSX By: John-David T. Smith on Thu, 11 October 2001 09:06
		Re: Mac OSX By: John-David T. Smith on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:47
		Re: Mac OSX By: Martin Otte on Thu, 11 October 2001 14:49
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 11 October 2001 08:48
		Re: Mac OSX By: Noam R. Izenberg on Thu, 11 October 2001 08:23
		Re: Mac OSX By: Randall Skelton on Wed, 10 October 2001 23:01
		Re: Mac OSX By: David Fanning on Wed, 10 October 2001 21:25
		Re: Mac OSX By: John Boccio on Wed, 10 October 2001 20:19
		Re: Mac OSX By: David Fanning on Wed, 10 October 2001 19:00
		Re: Mac OSX By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 10 October 2001 18:33
		Re: Mac OSX By: David Fanning on Wed, 10 October 2001 16:41
		Re: Mac OSX By: pit on Sat, 13 October 2001 11:44
		Re: Mac OSX By: Randall Skelton on Wed, 10 October 2001 14:54
		Re: Mac OSX By: David Fanning on Wed, 10 October 2001 13:39
		Re: Mac OSX By: Noam R. Izenberg on Wed, 10 October 2001 13:27
		Re: Mac OSX By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 10 October 2001 13:12
		Re: Mac OSX By: David Fanning on Wed, 10 October 2001 13:09
		Re: Mac OSX By: Ken Prager on Fri, 12 October 2001 09:06
		Re: Mac OSX By: Noam R. Izenberg on Fri, 12 October 2001 08:01
		Re: Mac OSX By: pit on Mon, 15 October 2001 12:21
		Re: Mac OSX By: Craig Markwardt on Sun, 14 October 2001 17:51

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