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Re: Response to question about PV-WAVE and IDL [message #30 is a reply to message #23]

Wed, 20 February 1991 14:19

khb
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Registered: February 1991

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In article <1991Feb20.202657.21514@athena.mit.edu> lbreid@athena.mit.edu (Lynn B Reid) writes:

...
respects. But I'd also like to cast my vote against marketing.....

Fine, but the technical issues remain.

The PV wave posting was long, and admittedly not very dense
(informationwise ;>).

I'm not a user of either package; though I've been impressed by
demos... from what we've seen posted it appears:

1) basic code from IDL is basis for both products
2) PV has added point and click, and various interface goodies

what has IDL done since? Surely their product is not the same as it
'twas years ago when PV forked off, is it? Is the command language
kept in synch (viz. is there an ongoing IDL->PV code arrangement)?

As I see it, the folks who need these packages the most are practicing
scientists and applied mathfolk. Both groups tend to be rather cash
poor, and spend all their money on hardware (thankfully; as I do work
for one at the moment ;>). Thus, $n000 packages aren't on everyones
desk. These people are likely to be choosy about what they do buy, and
rightfully so.

So the question remains. What are the technical differences (other
than point and click front end)?
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		Re: Response to question about PV-WAVE and IDL By: sterner on Thu, 21 February 1991 13:13
		Re: Response to question about PV-WAVE and IDL By: khb on Wed, 20 February 1991 14:19
		Re: Response to question about PV-WAVE and IDL By: khb on Wed, 20 February 1991 13:23
		Re: Response to question about PV-WAVE and IDL By: lbreid on Wed, 20 February 1991 12:26
		Re: Response to question about PV-WAVE and IDL By: ali on Wed, 20 February 1991 11:50
		Re: Response to question about PV-WAVE and IDL By: eckman on Wed, 20 February 1991 17:12

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