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Re: Introducing FL [message #48250 is a reply to message #48144]

Tue, 04 April 2006 08:45

Craig Markwardt
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"Y.T." <ytyourclothes@p.zapto.org> writes:

> Craig Markwardt wrote:
> [good stuff mercilessly snipped]
>>
>> True, but that's kind of my point. *If* we could easily translate all
>> our IDL code to Python (say), we'd have the immediate benefit of a
>> stable and supported runtime environment, where the wheel had already
>
>
> You're aware of PyDL, aren't you?

I'm also aware that PyDL development dropped off after a few months.
That is a risk when you have one or a few people developing a large
package.

> Speaking only for myself, I write stuff in IDL because I know IDL.
> That's all. That's where my "inertia" comes from. A converter that
> would produce perfect python from my IDL routines would be worthless to
> me.

I totally appreciate your sentiment. In fact, I feel the same way.
But if the translation happened behind the scenes and transparently
every time you modified your IDL .pro file, why would you need to care?

I'm not saying you should "switch" (though that was my option "a"). I
think it's possible to make the IDL->python->bytecode compilation fast
and automatic enough that people could keep their IDL language, even
though they were actually using python behind the scenes.

Craig

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		Introducing FL By: FL on Sat, 01 April 2006 06:44
		Re: Introducing FL By: FL on Thu, 06 April 2006 09:50
		Re: Introducing FL By: Maurizio Tomasi on Thu, 06 April 2006 00:14
		Re: Introducing FL By: George N. White III on Tue, 04 April 2006 16:28
		Re: Introducing FL By: JD Smith on Tue, 04 April 2006 12:38
		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:45
		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:41
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		Re: Introducing FL By: mmiller3 on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:07
		Re: Introducing FL By: Ken Mankoff on Tue, 04 April 2006 07:33
		Re: Introducing FL By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 04 April 2006 06:53
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		Re: Introducing FL By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 04 April 2006 05:23
		Re: Introducing FL By: Ben Panter on Tue, 04 April 2006 03:13
		Re: Introducing FL By: Y.T. on Mon, 03 April 2006 21:28
		Re: Introducing FL By: Richard French on Mon, 03 April 2006 20:51
		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 03 April 2006 19:17
		Re: Introducing FL By: b_gom on Mon, 03 April 2006 14:59
		Re: Introducing FL By: JD Smith on Mon, 03 April 2006 13:29
		Re: Introducing FL By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 03 April 2006 11:33
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		Re: Introducing FL By: biophys on Sun, 02 April 2006 12:31
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		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Sun, 02 April 2006 11:09

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