Re: Read and Write IDL SAVE files!

[Reimar Bauer <r.bauer(at)fz-juelich.de>]

Craig Markwardt wrote:
> 
> Reimar Bauer <r.bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:
> 
> > Craig Markwardt wrote:
> > >
> > > I am pleased to release a library for reading writing and
> > > interrogating IDL SAVE files on my web page:
> > >
> > > http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/idl.html
> > >
> >
> > Dear Craig,
> >
> > that's wonderful. This saves me a lot of future work, because I am
> > working on an idea how to write IDL SAV files by C/Fortran or LabView.
> >
> > RSI won't like to give me the specifications of this format.
> >
> > So I am waiting for your documentation.
> 
> You mean you can't figure it out from the code? :-)

I am sure I can. Because I have solved it already for some types 
but not for all as yours. On the other hand if a description already 
is available some non idl programmers are able to understand 
the format too.

 
> Writing it in C or FORTRAN would in some ways be easier, but in some
> ways more difficult.  I use the benefit of being able to EXECUTE
> expressions in order to build up named structures for example.  The
> dynamic typing is also a real boon.  This would be harder in C or
> FORTRAN.  However, if you are just interested in simple things --
> arrays and scalars -- then the format is quite straightforward.  It
> would be somewhat faster to execute in a compiled language.
> 
> Craig
> 
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