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Re: Migrate away from idl? [message #68761 is a reply to message #68681]

Thu, 19 November 2009 12:03

Trae
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Registered: May 2007

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WOW! I can't believe IDL allowed that routine!

Whether I switch to Python or not, that is amazingly useful.

-Trae

On Nov 19, 8:19 am, "Kenneth P. Bowman" <k-bow...@null.edu> wrote:
> In article
> < cf06c124-16f6-4455-bad3-4b6fc2570...@k17g2000yqh.googlegroup s.com >,
> Brian Larsen <balar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>
>> I have a quick poll for the experts out there. I recently learned
>> about (and was wowed) scipy and all the other python stuff that
>> basically make it a viable substitute for idl. I am wondering if
>> anyone has made the switch (if so why are you still on this usenet?)
>> or came away from python or has any advice at all?
>
> If I didn't have 20+ years of hard-won experience and a vast set
> of special-purpose IDL libraries I would have a serious look at
> Python. ITTVIS should be careful, inertia is not the best reason
> for sticking with a programming language. If they would make an
> effort to fix the ten most annoying things in IDL (24-bit Postscript)
> was on that list, it would go a long way toward making people happy.
> They could even consider breaking backwards compatibility (for new
> code).
>
> Python and the associated libraries are all open source, so
> here is nothing to stop someone from doing the work of
> assembling and building it for easy distribution and installation
> and then charging $50 or $100 for it, right?
>
> Ken Bowman

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		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:28
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:24
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:21
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Brian Larsen on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:16
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: MarioIncandenza on Thu, 19 November 2009 13:03
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Trae on Thu, 19 November 2009 12:05
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Trae on Thu, 19 November 2009 12:03
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Brian Larsen on Thu, 19 November 2009 11:33
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 19 November 2009 09:22
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 November 2009 08:49
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 19 November 2009 08:19
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Michael Galloy on Fri, 27 November 2009 06:59
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		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: jkeller on Fri, 27 November 2009 02:23
		Re: Migrate away from idl? By: Andrew Cool on Thu, 26 November 2009 13:28
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