| IDL v PV-Wave ? [message #56615] |
Fri, 02 November 2007 10:30  |
Robbie
Messages: 165
Registered: February 2006
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I have a customer who has a number of PV-Wave scripts for processing
output. While the scripts are lengthy, they appear to be rather
simple in terms of output requirements (e.g. simple log-log plots or
wind rose plots).
We are moving all our projects over to Macs from the Sun (and PCs)
machines and we need to port the PV-Wave scripts also. While the
other products ported seamlessly, the rub is that PV-Wave is not
supported under OS X.
> From what I recall, IDL and PV-Wave are very similar and I'm hoping
that the simple things I want to do are possible under IDL under OS
X.
Has anyone else tried to 'port' PV-Wave scripts to IDL? I'd like to
know what I'm getting into before I invest too much time in IDL.
Thanks in advance,
Robbie
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| Re: IDL v PV-Wave ? [message #56733 is a reply to message #56615] |
Wed, 14 November 2007 06:26  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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2d@onetel.com writes:
> Could anyone please summarise the relative benefits of widgets in IDL
> and PV-Wave.
The benefits are identical: they provide the user with a
graphical interface to a program. Depending upon the skill
of the programmer, this leads either to a program that is
much easier to use than before, or to a friggin' disaster.
Either result can be obtained with both IDL and PV-Wave widgets.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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