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Re: modifying itools (ivolume) [message #37081 is a reply to message #37080]

Mon, 24 November 2003 13:03

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Rick Towler writes:

> So bash iTools if you must, but make sure you view them from a few different
> angles before you let loose.

Oh, I didn't let loose. What you saw was the fourth
draft of the article, after uncharacteristically
long pauses to see if this was really what I wanted
to say. :-)

I think you are right. I think RSI must be after
the casual IDL user. But what a shock it must be
for the casual user who gets hooked on IDL to discover
that if he wants to make a modest change in the way
his tool works that he is looking forward to 8-12
months of graduate-school level effort to make the
change. Maybe my estimate was low. Maybe one in
a thousand is going to be so hooked they are going
to make the effort.

Heck, I'm hooked, and I'm not going to do it unless
there are a lot more compelling reasons than I find
right now.

You are also right that this is the first draft of iTools.
Widgets weren't all that compelling in IDL 3.0 either,
especially when you could do *everything* from the
command line anyway. :-)

I guess time will tell. I've had lots of practice
admitting I was wrong. I could probably do it again
if the evidence was convincing.

Cheers,

David
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		Re: modifying itools (ivolume) By: Haje Korth on Mon, 24 November 2003 13:38
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		Re: modifying itools (ivolume) By: Rick Towler on Mon, 24 November 2003 12:28
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