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Re: Introducing FL [message #48290 is a reply to message #48144]

Sun, 02 April 2006 11:09

Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996

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FL <fl@interware.hu> writes:

> Hi guys!
>
> The first public snapshot of Fawlty Language, an IDL compatible compiler
> is available. (IDL is a registered trademark of Research Systems Inc.)
>
> FL binaries can be freely used and downloaded from the homepage
>

So this is not an April Fools joke?

What is the relation to GDL?

I'm a little confused that a person who has contributed to a few
threads in the past few years has suddenly come out with an IDL
"compiler". I.e. developing a parser, virtual machine, libraries,
etc. is not a simple effort. Where did F"oldy Lajos come from? :-)

And finally, with this proliferation of "almost-IDL" clones (FL, IDL,
ANA, Yorick), I have to wonder why everybody has to re-invent the
wheel (see above). I see the GDL people meticulously toiling over
basic functionality, and it makes me wonder: wouldn't it have been
better to write an IDL-to-{Python,Ruby,Perl} translator, and get the
existing well tested script environment for free? And not only that,
but Python for science seem about to really take off. An infusion of
well-tested IDL libraries into that community might be enough
cross-fertilization to really get a non-proprietary version of an
IDL-like language going strong.

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
		Re: Introducing FL By: FL on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:21
		Re: Introducing FL By: mmiller3 on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:16
		Re: Introducing FL By: mmiller3 on Tue, 04 April 2006 08:08
		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
		Re: Introducing FL By: FL on Tue, 04 April 2006 06:22
		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
		Re: Introducing FL By: news.qwest.net on Mon, 03 April 2006 09:19
		Re: Introducing FL By: FL on Sun, 02 April 2006 12:33
		Re: Introducing FL By: biophys on Sun, 02 April 2006 12:31
		Re: Introducing FL By: biophys on Sun, 02 April 2006 12:15
		Re: Introducing FL By: Craig Markwardt on Sun, 02 April 2006 11:09

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