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Re: One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL [message #78848 is a reply to message #78759]

Wed, 21 December 2011 12:31

Russell[1]
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Registered: August 2011

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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!

I did have to change a few minor things --- but all of them are
backwards-compatible. But it was readily apparent what the problem(s)
are/were.

R

On Dec 21, 12:16 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Russell writes:
>> I'm willing to believe that Python is a better language, but never
>> because it's cheaper. I'm willing to pay for a product that works.
>
> Humm. What do we say, then, about IDL 8.x? :-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> 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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		Re: One Reason Python is not taking over for IDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 21 December 2011 09:16
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