Re: Strange behavior on Unix

[Chris Mulliss <cmulliss(at)worldnet.att.net>]

Nope,

    I have the same problem running IDL 5.3 on an SGI (IRIX 6.5).  They told
me that they couldn't reproduce the error in their labs.

-Chris

Patrick Broos wrote:

> Here at Penn State we're sticking with IDL 5.2 indefinately because
>
> idlde under 5.3 (in Solaris) cannot deal with .pro files that are longer
>
> than about 1800 lines.  RSI acknowleges the bug, says it's only Solaris
>
> and 5.3, and says they probably won't fix it until 5.4.  It really stinks
>
> to be loyal to an OS (unix) that has so little market leverage.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pat
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