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Re: C syntax for IDL [message #7697 is a reply to message #7589]

Tue, 10 December 1996 00:00

Uwe Knorr
Messages: 2
Registered: August 1996

Junior Member

Charles Martin wrote:
>
> I program mostly in IDL, but every once and a while I program in C. I find
> the switch to be unnecessarily painful. What I would really like is an
> alternative syntax for IDL that would be C-like. For example:
>
> for i=0,10 do begin
> x(i)=i
> endfor
>
> Could become
>
> for (i=0; i<10; i++) {
> x[i]=i
> }
>
/* a few lines later */
>
> Charles Martin
> University of Texas

You took the words right out of my mouth ...
As a (mainly) C programmer it always takes me a while to switch to IDL.
(And if you do some perl in between, you may go crazy)

My tip:
Copy & Paste the HandiGuide (using a copy-machine and some glue) to your
needs.

If someone will ever change the syntax, please please be
consistant. If degree to radiant is !DTOR , then
why is the reverse !RADEG (and not !RTOD) ?

But nevertheless, if you once get used to the syntax (and
you have the HandiGuide at your fingertips)
you have a fantastic product ;-)

Uwe Knorr

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