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Re: Introducing FL [message #48246 is a reply to message #48144]

Tue, 04 April 2006 12:38

JD Smith
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Registered: December 1999

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> I use IDL now because we have a large base of IDL code and it
> would be a pain to translate it all to python or anything else.
> While I appreciate IDL's capabilities, I often cringe as I
> reinvent something that python has had built in for years. On
> the other hand, I cheer as I see RSI slowly adding features that
> most other languages have always had (see for, example,
> command_line_args and persistent command line history that appear
> in IDL 6.2). For basic usability and libraries, IDL just doesn't
> stack up. For specialized libraries and graphics, IDL is great
> (iTools aside, that is!).
>
> It looks like Python-IDL may be a wonderful way to mix the two,
> but I'm a little afraid to try IDL widgets with it (well, ok, a
> lot afraid!)

So it's not really a replacement, since it requires a functioning IDL
(or GDL?) around to communicate with.

There are two basic issues at hand, as Craig has been arguing:

1. Is it feasible to replicate even a small fraction of all the
MATH/WIDGET/OBJECT/GRAPHICS/3D/MAPPING/NUMERIC routines which RSI
has included in IDL?

2. Even if it is feasible, is it a good idea?

I tend to think the answer to both of these is "No", which puts me
squarely in the camp of migration rather than replication. If, as
Craig opines, we could create an IDL->XXX translator which works most
of the time, and allows legacy code like AstroLib to function
perfectly well, then we've managed some fraction of the battle. The
rest of the battle is to get functional replacements for most of those
weird little corners of IDL that none of us uses everyday, but every
one of us have used with great effect and amazement on rare occasion.

JD

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		Introducing FL By: FL on Sat, 01 April 2006 06:44
		Re: Introducing FL By: FL on Thu, 06 April 2006 09:50
		Re: Introducing FL By: Maurizio Tomasi on Thu, 06 April 2006 00:14
		Re: Introducing FL By: George N. White III on Tue, 04 April 2006 16:28
		Re: Introducing FL By: JD Smith on Tue, 04 April 2006 12:38
		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:45
		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:41
		Re: Introducing FL By: FL on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:21
		Re: Introducing FL By: mmiller3 on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:16
		Re: Introducing FL By: mmiller3 on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:08
		Re: Introducing FL By: mmiller3 on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:07
		Re: Introducing FL By: Ken Mankoff on Tue, 04 April 2006 07:33
		Re: Introducing FL By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 04 April 2006 06:53
		Re: Introducing FL By: FL on Tue, 04 April 2006 06:22
		Re: Introducing FL By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 04 April 2006 05:23
		Re: Introducing FL By: Ben Panter on Tue, 04 April 2006 03:13
		Re: Introducing FL By: Y.T. on Mon, 03 April 2006 21:28
		Re: Introducing FL By: Richard French on Mon, 03 April 2006 20:51
		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 03 April 2006 19:17
		Re: Introducing FL By: b_gom on Mon, 03 April 2006 14:59
		Re: Introducing FL By: JD Smith on Mon, 03 April 2006 13:29
		Re: Introducing FL By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 03 April 2006 11:33
		Re: Introducing FL By: news.qwest.net on Mon, 03 April 2006 09:19
		Re: Introducing FL By: FL on Sun, 02 April 2006 12:33
		Re: Introducing FL By: biophys on Sun, 02 April 2006 12:31
		Re: Introducing FL By: biophys on Sun, 02 April 2006 12:15
		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Sun, 02 April 2006 11:09

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