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Re: idl2matlab translate-o-matic
- Subject: Re: idl2matlab translate-o-matic
- From: davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:08:37 -0700
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David McClain (dmcclain@azstarnet.com) writes:
> Perhaps "better than MatLab", but hardly what "professional programmers"
> want.
Well, I admit I didn't conduct a scientific study, but
I was thinking about what my friends and I like. We're
pretty professional, at least most of the time. Say before
the beer arrives. :-)
> What can you say of a language that is purely array oriented, but
> cannot comprehend the existence of an empty array?
I don't know. I don't know what an empty array is either.
Perhaps that's why I like IDL.
> What of a language that
> can itself reclaim memory from unused arrays, but forces the user to reclaim
> "pointers" and "objects"? Etc., etc., ...
I'm sorry, but I think this *completely* misses the point.
Cleaning up variables is one thing, but checking for *every*
pointer reference at the end of every program module that
exits would bring just about any program--never mind IDL--
to a complete stand-still. It shouldn't be done. I applaud
the folks at RSI for dismissing the idea out of hand.
Cheers,
David
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