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Re: Total and Utter Confusion! [message #77516 is a reply to message #77515]

Fri, 09 September 2011 09:35

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

> Seriously. I've been a loyal (if occasionally outspoken)
> customer for a long time. IDL has been my professional
> life. But if a young person asked me what programming
> language he/she should learn for scientific programming,
> IDL would not be the first name I came up with any more. :-(
>
> I suppose this is inevitable. No language lasts forever.
> Is Borland Turbo C still around? And Python has its own
> problems (e.g., the transition from 2 to 3). But, it's sad
> to see. Now that I think about it, it's kind of like watching
> your parents get old. Lots of nostalgia and lots of sadness, too.
> Still, we soldier on until they are actually gone. What else
> can we do?

Just to add insult to injury, about 2 seconds after
I hit the Send button, I got an e-mail from ITTVIS
with my Maintenance Quote. I suppose "and put it where
the sun don't shine" is not an appropriate response. :-)

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 September 2011 10:45
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 09 September 2011 10:44
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 September 2011 09:35
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 September 2011 09:18
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: Matt[2] on Fri, 09 September 2011 09:01
		Re: Total and Utter Confusion! By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 September 2011 08:31

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