Re: Mac OS X (was: IDL i/o on G4)

[JD Smith <jdsmith(at)astro.cornell.edu>]

Martin Schultz wrote:
> 
> Jaco van Gorkom wrote:
> >
> > Paul Woodford wrote:
> > > <jdsmith@astro.cornell.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > If I were you, I'd drop RSI a line and ask two things:
> > > >
> > > > 1.  What are your plans with respect to MacOSX?
> > >
> > > This one has been answered.  Woohoo!
> > >
> > > http://www.researchsystems.com/pr/detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=48
> >
> > Clicking that link did not work for me. For those (like me:) too lazy to
> > type the URL themselves:
> > http://www.rsinc.com/pr/detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=48
> >
> > I think I'll go and ask my boss for a Mac now...
> >
> >   Jaco
> 
> Don't hurry! The article speeks about "plans". You may want to wait so
> the G4 can become a little cheaper or better or faster, or all three
> ;-)

I just heard from the powers that be that a command line version will in
fact be included in the OSX IDL.  Now we await the Quartz Emacs port,
and then bug Carsten if IDLWAVE needs any help getting going.

JD