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Re: One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL [message #78847 is a reply to message #78762]

Wed, 21 December 2011 12:50

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Russell writes:

> I've recently graduated to IDL >8 (specifically 8.1), and for the most
> part everything is in good shape. I don't, on the other hand, use
> many of the new features and largely still do things "the old
> fashioned way" (e.g. using things like the procedural plotting
> routines) because I work closely with people who are still using IDL
> 7.x and we share code. I'm anxious to learn about the new features
> (and bugs), when my collaborators catch up!

Yes, in my own informal survey, the people who
"really like" IDL 8 fall into three groups.

80% "haven't really gotten around to using
it yet", but they have run the demos and read
the marketing materials.

19.5% use it, but "don't really use the new
features all that much".

0.5% find lists and hashes to be the cat's meow.

Lord help us when the direct graphics system is
cut off for good.

Still, it installs pretty good, if you're not running
in on a Macintosh computer. ;-)

Cheers,

David

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

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		One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 21 December 2011 08:33
		Re: One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL By: penteado on Sat, 24 December 2011 20:07
		Re: One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL By: mort.canty on Thu, 22 December 2011 00:22
		Re: One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 21 December 2011 13:20
		Re: One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL By: Russell[1] on Wed, 21 December 2011 13:09
		Re: One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 21 December 2011 12:50

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