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Re: What's New in IDL 8.4 [message #89674 is a reply to message #89610] Tue, 11 November 2014 20:01 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On Saturday, 1 November 2014 07:33:43 UTC+10:30, David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I just watched Beau Legeer's new screencast on what is new with IDL 8.4.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_umxrSAEWis
>
> All I can say is, "Wow!" I had no idea so many people were clamoring for
> Big Integers (you know, 2^400, printed on your display), and I plan to
> use the Prime and NextPrime static functions almost daily.
>
> It sure would be fun to be a fly on the wall in the meeting in which
> customer requests were prioritized for the next version of IDL. I have a
> feeling I would be absolutely shocked at how out of touch I am with the
> tools programmers need to do their jobs.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

And I'm turning blue in the face waiting for READ_PNG to return metadata.
And maybe READ_JPEG to return EXIF data.

A one week task for one programmer, maybe...?

Andrew
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