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Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? [message #27292 is a reply to message #27168]

Wed, 17 October 2001 00:30

Karsten Rodenacker
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Eric Williams schrieb:

> Since RSI/Kodak is killing IDL for the Mac (and others) I am wondering if
> anyone has suggestions for trying out some other cross-platform software. I
> am not really worried too much about Windows but the Mac/*nix world is where
> I work. We use IDL mostly for processing astronomical data and writing
> procedures to play with the data visually. So a tool with a simple language
> and good graphing capabilities is what we really need.
>
> BTW, if anyone from RSI cares, I only have two Mac licenses but I have
> brought 31 Solaris licenses to my campus since coming here, with plenty more
> potential on the horizon. Once I have an alternative tool I will be
> recommending against purchasing anymore licenses and dropping maintenance.
> Too bad because I have been a huge evangelist for IDL over the years. I have
> turned more than 50 students and scientists onto IDL in the last few years
> which has resulted in most likely hundreds of licenses if not many more as
> they have moved onto other sites. That will all stop now and I will try to
> do the opposite, and probably save some money too.
>
> Bye bye IDL, it WAS great...
>
> --
> Eric
> wilersh@snet.net

Are there any experiences with Python by idl users on the net? Is that maybe an
Alternative?

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		Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Eric Williams on Wed, 10 October 2001 13:19
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Jean Koclas on Fri, 12 October 2001 11:14
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Amanda Kepley on Mon, 15 October 2001 09:49
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Aaron Birenboim on Fri, 12 October 2001 10:12
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Fri, 12 October 2001 08:35
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: web on Sat, 13 October 2001 04:13
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: David Fanning on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:40
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Liam E. Gumley on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:24
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Randall Skelton on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:04
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: web on Fri, 12 October 2001 03:33
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 11 October 2001 20:00
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: web on Thu, 11 October 2001 19:17
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Mon, 15 October 2001 13:43
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: George N. White III on Sat, 13 October 2001 06:08
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Nigel Wade on Wed, 17 October 2001 01:54
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Karsten Rodenacker on Wed, 17 October 2001 00:30
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 17 October 2001 13:58
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Charles Allen on Thu, 18 October 2001 10:05
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 17 October 2001 22:06
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Charles Allen on Wed, 17 October 2001 19:53

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