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Re: Porting IDL
- Subject: Re: Porting IDL
- From: davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:00:57 -0600
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
- Organization: Fanning Software Consulting
- References: <35D1C439.1253BAEA@va.aetc.com>
- Xref: news.doit.wisc.edu comp.lang.idl-pvwave:11825
Bernard Puc (bpuc@va.aetc.com) writes:
> Thanks for the replies concerning software version control. Here's
> another query for the collective experience of the group: We are
> considering porting our IDL application to a PC platform (written
> for SGI workstation). Does anybody know if there would be
> significant advantages in time and effort in coding if we ported to
> a Linux platform in contrast to Win95?
Uh, depends entirely on how well you WROTE those applications
in the first place. My IDL programs run on SGIs and PCs without
modification. :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. Well, this WOULD be true if those damn SGIs used
font sizes correctly. :-)
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