| Re: IDL vs. Matlab? [message #46891] |
Fri, 06 January 2006 07:31 |
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Paul Van Delst[1]
Messages: 1157
Registered: April 2002
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Steve wrote:
> I've been using Matlab for 10+ yrs, but have recently been asked to
> start coding in IDL as well. It seems as though the two are quite
> similar. What are the prime reasons (outside of ENVI compatibility)
> that one would wish to use IDL over Matlab (also, where might it fall
> short)? Thanks.
I'll assume you're not trolling....
The prime reasons for using one over the other are something that you're going to have to
discover for yourself -- unless you provide more information about your needs. Otherwise,
many replies mentioning specifics will likely be pretty meaningless. There are plenty of
reasons for choosing one or t'other, but a good deal of them may not be important to you
depending on what you need to do. Productivity/learning curve issues aside (and, IMO,
that's a *big* aside), how do you usually decide the best tool/application for a task?
That (implicitly biased) decision process should be relatively language-comparison
independent (e.g. from my world: Fortran vs C for science-y type number crunching codes).
paulv
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Paul van Delst
CIMSS @ NOAA/NCEP/EMC
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| Re: IDL vs. Matlab? [message #46892 is a reply to message #46891] |
Fri, 06 January 2006 06:45  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Steve writes:
> I've been using Matlab for 10+ yrs, but have recently been asked to
> start coding in IDL as well. It seems as though the two are quite
> similar. What are the prime reasons (outside of ENVI compatibility)
> that one would wish to use IDL over Matlab (also, where might it fall
> short)?
Fall short!? Sir, I'm not sure you fully appreciate
who you are talking to here!
In any case, a quick trip through the archives with
"MatLab similar IDL" should provide you with plenty
of ammunition to start this shooting war again. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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