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Re: IDL 5.4 Stability [message #22461 is a reply to message #22359]

Sun, 12 November 2000 13:23

Mark Hadfield
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Registered: May 1995

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"Lyn Doose" <ldoose@dakotacom.net> wrote in message
news:3a0f0185_1@corp.newsfeeds.com...
> Based on a very limited number of uses, I agree that IDL 5.4 on
> Windows NT seems unstable. I haven't documented the circumstances,
> but I kind of resent being a beta tester.

I think that's a little unfair. There *was* a beta test programme for IDL
5.4. I don't know if it revealed any stability problems on Windows--I know I
didn't encounter any.

For what it's worth, I have found 5.4 (beta & final) more stable that 5.3.1
(this is on NT4 + SP5). Version 5.3.1 used to crash from time to time,
usually after an attempt to reset an IDL session, but to the best of my
recollection version 5.4 hasn't. I haven't bothered to mention this
previously in this thread, because when you say "this application crashes on
my machine" it's not very helpful for others to say "it doesn't on mine".
But I the general opinion that 5.4 is less stable than 5.3.1 is not yet
proven, and I think the assertion that RSI is guilty of not testing its
products is unfair.

Reading over that last sentence I am reminded of the time when a version of
IDL came out with its netCDF support (or was it CDF?) completely broken on
Windows. Now *that* was an example of inadequate testing. The email I wrote
to RSI sizzled with barely concealed fury. Still, they sent me a T shirt to
calm me down, so I guess it wasn't all bad.

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Mark Hadfield
m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield/
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research
PO Box 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand

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		Re: IDL 5.4 Stability By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 08 November 2000 18:27
		Re: IDL 5.4 Stability By: Nick Bower on Mon, 13 November 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL 5.4 Stability By: Mark Hadfield on Sun, 12 November 2000 13:23
		Re: IDL 5.4 Stability By: noymer on Sun, 12 November 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL 5.4 Stability By: Lyn Doose on Sat, 18 November 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL 5.4 Stability By: Lyn Doose on Thu, 16 November 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL 5.4 Stability By: Lyn Doose on Sun, 12 November 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL 5.4 Stability By: Nick Bower on Sat, 11 November 2000 09:15
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