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Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work [message #78048 is a reply to message #78041]

Wed, 19 October 2011 09:41

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Paul van Delst writes:

> I know nothing about the windows environment, and I don't use the IDE, so your IDL experience may be normal (anyone?
> anyone?)
>
> But maybe your computer has a virus? Or something.

Or, something. :-(

I suspect this problem is the same problem that
causes the WShow command to occasionally cycle through
all the applications open on the machine. (The WShow
command worked about a third of the time while I was
teaching last week. This is the most it has *ever* worked,
so there is some improvement there, for whatever reason.)

> Regardless, while I empathise with your frustration, I sure do appreciate the effort you're expending to exercise the
> function graphics routines and, just as importantly, document that effort.

Well, sometimes I describe myself as a Luddite, but
in truth I think my record shows that I am usually
an early adaptor of new technology. I just usually
prefer that the new technology improves my life
instead of making it more frustrating. I was a little
late to this bandwagon because I couldn't get IDL 8.0
to run on my computer at all. I guess running badly
is also an improvement. :-)

> p.s. So, um, are ITTVIS paying you yet for this testing of IDL in the
field? :o)

Yeah, hundreds of thousands of dollars. I'll soon be rich. ;-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. Let's just say if they offered me some kind of a retirement
package, I would be sorely tempted. :-)

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 October 2011 11:11
		Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 20 October 2011 11:02
		Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work By: lecacheux.alain on Thu, 20 October 2011 01:43
		Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work By: David Fanning on Wed, 19 October 2011 15:43
		Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work By: Matt Francis on Wed, 19 October 2011 14:36
		Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work By: David Fanning on Wed, 19 October 2011 09:41
		Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work By: BLesht on Wed, 19 October 2011 08:40
		Re: IDL 8.1 is a Piece of Work By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 19 October 2011 09:19

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