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Re: Total and Utter Confusion! [message #77515 is a reply to message #77514]

Fri, 09 September 2011 10:44

Paul Van Delst[1]
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David Fanning wrote:
> Matt Savoie writes:
>
>> Sorry to hear about all the trouble. Maybe this like will help?
>>
>> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~jbattat/computer/python/science /idl-numpy.html
>
> Seriously. I've been a loyal (if occasionally outspoken)
> customer for a long time. IDL has been my professional
> life. But if a young person asked me what programming
> language he/she should learn for scientific programming,
> IDL would not be the first name I came up with any more. :-(

> I suppose this is inevitable. No language lasts forever.

Well, Fortran is still going strong. :o)

But don't take my word for it. See: http://www.levenez.com/lang/ :oD

> Is Borland Turbo C still around? And Python has its own
> problems (e.g., the transition from 2 to 3). But, it's sad
> to see. Now that I think about it, it's kind of like watching
> your parents get old. Lots of nostalgia and lots of sadness, too.
> Still, we soldier on until they are actually gone. What else
> can we do?

Run IDL in a 32-bit environment? (BTW, have you tried that?)

cheers,

paulv

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		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 September 2011 10:45
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 09 September 2011 10:44
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 September 2011 09:35
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 September 2011 09:18
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: Matt[2] on Fri, 09 September 2011 09:01
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 September 2011 08:31

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