| Re: Message From RSI VP of Engineering [message #27284 is a reply to message #27225] |
Wed, 17 October 2001 06:20   |
btt
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Registered: December 2000
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Hello,
My understanding of the issues is limited when it gets down to the details
like X-Windows and OS X. The technicalities whiz over my head; I wish I
could comment on this matter thoughtfully.
The overriding issue for me is access to the continuing new feature
implementations in IDL. There are some features in the next release of IDL
that we have been very excited about and anxiously awaiting for use in our
Mac only lab facility. So far, every new IDL release has introduced
features to our lab software that we have exploited as much as we can. That
ever expanding capability for our platform is what we want out of IDL. I
won't know what I'm missing from an OS X native IDL versus a UNIX like
implementation...a price of ignorance, I guess. Unless the next
implementation is a step down in performance from the classic Mac
implementation, how could I argue against ANY continuation of Mac support?
A fella who never had peppermint stick ice cream thinks that plain vanilla
is ambrosia.
Ben
PS Rum raisin ice cream is my favorite.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liam Gumley" <Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Message From RSI VP of Engineering
>
> Any comment from the community on whether this suggestion would meet the
> needs of Mac OS X users? (That is, an OS X version of IDL that uses
> X-Windows for direct/object graphics and user interface). Granted, you
don't
> get the fancy Aqua user interface, but do IDL programmers really care, as
> long IDL is running on their Mac? For cross-platform development purposes,
I
> would think a more UNIX-like version for the Mac would be a good thing.
>
> Cheers,
> Liam.
> Practical IDL Programming
> http://www.gumley.com/
>
>
>
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