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Interesting Rant [message #51314]

Tue, 14 November 2006 09:40

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Folks,

Someone sent me a link to this interesting IDL rant this morning:

http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/07/sstvinc2/research/st upid.html

This is what happens, I suppose, when the language
you are using is older than you are. Very little
historical perspective. But it may go a little way
towards explaining why people coming out of college
seem to prefer Matlab by a large margin.

I disagree with much of what he has to say, but I
can't tell whether this is because I am old enough
to remember what things were like *before* IDL, or
whether I've just become inured over the years. :-(

Cheers,

David

P.S. Odd, but he didn't mention the Contour plot anywhere!

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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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		Interesting Rant By: David Fanning on Tue, 14 November 2006 09:40
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Nigel Wade on Fri, 17 November 2006 05:00
		Re: Interesting Rant By: Steve Eddins on Thu, 16 November 2006 17:00
		Re: Interesting Rant By: greg michael on Thu, 16 November 2006 09:35
		Re: Interesting Rant By: JD Smith on Fri, 17 November 2006 11:44
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		Re: Interesting Rant By: James Kuyper on Wed, 15 November 2006 15:55
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