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IDL vs AWK input [message #32939]

Tue, 19 November 2002 14:12

jason_quinn
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Registered: November 2002

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<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 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. 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. As a casual user, I
basically need to relearn it every month or two because I've forgotten
it in the meantime. The language is difficult to remember because it
makes no sense.
<IDL RANT OFF>

Jason

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