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Re: Interesting Rant [message #51390 is a reply to message #51296]

Wed, 15 November 2006 09:07

Earl F. Glynn
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Registered: March 1999

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"Kenneth Bowman" <k-bowman@null.tamu.edu> wrote in message
news:k-bowman-1096B8.08470815112006@news-new.tamu.edu...
> In article <1163597154.282197.250510@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
> "Maarten" <maarten.sneep@knmi.nl> wrote:
>
>> * Default integer size is 16 bits (how long have computers been at
>> 32bits by now; how much code will break if you change that to 32 (or
>> even 64 bits)? How can code break on such a change? I think the code
>> was broken in the first place if it relies on this bit-size.
>
> This one, at least, can be fixed easily. Just put
>
> COMPILE_OPT IDL2
>
> in your startup.pro.
>
> I include that line in *all* procedures and functions.

I've been using IDL for about a year (but have programmed for years in a
variety of languages ... even back to FORTRAN), and have only wanted 32-bit
integers from day 1 in IDL. It's a pain and an annoyance not to have 32-bit
integers as a default -- just like IBM mainframes provided in the early 70s
with FORTRAN. [I'm trying to get back to where I started.]

efg

Earl F. Glynn
Scientific Programmer
Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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		Re: Interesting Rant By: Braedley on Wed, 15 November 2006 07:47
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Jo Klein on Wed, 15 November 2006 07:20
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Maarten[1] on Wed, 15 November 2006 07:17
		Re: Interesting Rant By: K. Bowman on Wed, 15 November 2006 06:47
		Re: Interesting Rant By: greg michael on Wed, 15 November 2006 07:03
		Re: Interesting Rant By: David Fanning on Wed, 15 November 2006 06:10
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Maarten[1] on Wed, 15 November 2006 05:25
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Robbie on Tue, 14 November 2006 17:13
		Re: Interesting Rant By: James Kuyper on Tue, 14 November 2006 15:25
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Richard Edgar on Tue, 14 November 2006 11:13
		Re: Interesting Rant By: David Fanning on Tue, 14 November 2006 11:09
		Re: Interesting Rant By: news.qwest.net on Tue, 14 November 2006 10:56
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 14 November 2006 10:36
		Re: Interesting Rant By: David Fanning on Wed, 15 November 2006 10:44
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Earl F. Glynn on Wed, 15 November 2006 09:19
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 16 November 2006 08:02
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Earl F. Glynn on Wed, 15 November 2006 09:07
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Jeff Hester on Sat, 18 November 2006 13:42
		Re: Interesting Rant By: fburton on Wed, 15 November 2006 10:24
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Paolo Grigis on Wed, 15 November 2006 09:02

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