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Re: IDL for Solaris 2.5? [message #6670 is a reply to message #6663]

Wed, 31 July 1996 00:00

Peter Clinch
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Registered: April 1996

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Debra L. Wilkes wrote:

> I'm looking at buying a Sun Ultra 1 that will only
> run the Solaris 2.5 operating system. I'd like
> to run IDL on this machine. But IDL only runs under
> Solaris 2.3. Do any of you have experience with this?
> Am I out of luck or will IDl run on this operating system?

The reference to Solaris 2.3 for IDL (and Solaris 2.4 for PV~Wave)
doesn't mean they won't run on other releases, but that was the release
the version was developed on.

To cover their backs, software vendors describe these as "supported
releases" where they can reasonably guarantee that the code they wrote
will do what they say. It *should* also work on subsequent releases,
and in the case of Solaris, does. Solaris 2.5 is superior to 2.3 in
just about every way: it's kernel is smaller, faster and more reliable,
you get the CDE windowing system, NFS 3.0 rather than 2.0. etc. etc.
etc.

Summary: no problem running IDL or Wave on an Ultra 1.

regards, Pete.
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Peter Clinch Dundee University & Teaching Hospitals
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 3637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk http://www.dundee.ac.uk/MedPhys/

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