| Re: IDL vs AWK input [message #32933] |
Wed, 20 November 2002 01:18  |
cees
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Registered: January 2002
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Jason Quinn wrote:
> <IDL RANT ON>
> Wouldn't IDL be a trillion times better if it handled reading input in
> a style similar to awk, i.e. using $1, $2, etc., for reading in
> columns? IDL seems overdependant on format codes and the number of
> lines in a file. Also I'm sick of asking people
So are they probably. Why don't you read they manual are try google
instead ???
how to do something
> simple with file input/output and instead of them telling me how to do
> it *in IDL* they direct me to some Joe Blow's webpage with a script
> that does it. I don't want some guy's script, I want to know how to do
> it in IDL.
So learn it. And stop whining!
Am I a troll? No. I'm just fed-up with IDL's wacky syntax
> and half-baked feel and I needed to vent. IDL feels like a shaky house
> of cards. I know the way to do the things above, EOF, etc., but my
> point is that it's a poorly designed language.
SOLUTION: quit using it. There are alternatives IDL doesn't have a
monopoly, so you're free to try something else.
As a casual user, I
> basically need to relearn it every month or two because I've forgotten
> it in the meantime.
Ah, but you do remember to switch on the computer ???
The language is difficult to remember because it
> makes no sense.
SOLUTION: write your own programming language. (That always makes sense
to you.)
> <IDL RANT OFF>
>
> Jason
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