GNU Data Language

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Post by tosh » Sun, May 15, 2022, 4:34 PM UTC

GNU Data Language
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Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by awelkjlek » Sun, May 15, 2022, 5:08 PM UTC

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Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by Bostonian » Sun, May 15, 2022, 5:12 PM UTC

What are the advantages of GNU Data Language over established alternatives such as R, Python/NumPy, or Octave?

Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by cbm-vic-20 » Sun, May 15, 2022, 5:17 PM UTC

Would be nice to have some language samples in the README.

Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by gammarator » Sun, May 15, 2022, 5:18 PM UTC

Bostonian wrote: post #3

What are the advantages of GNU Data Language over established alternatives such as R, Python/NumPy, or Octave?

Main advantage would be running existing IDL programs without the proprietary license. For any new development the alternatives you mention have a larger userbase.

Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by lloydatkinson » Sun, May 15, 2022, 5:48 PM UTC

And not a single hello world example anywhere. This is a common theme, unfortunately.

Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by cgb223 » Sun, May 15, 2022, 5:54 PM UTC

lloydatkinson wrote: post #6

And not a single hello world example anywhere. This is a common theme, unfortunately.

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Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by np_tedious » Sun, May 15, 2022, 5:59 PM UTC

gammarator wrote: post #5

Bostonian wrote: post #3

What are the advantages of GNU Data Language over established alternatives such as R, Python/NumPy, or Octave?

Main advantage would be running existing IDL programs without the proprietary license. For any new development the alternatives you mention have a larger userbase.

Octave is also open source. It's GNU Octave, in fact

Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by asperous » Sun, May 15, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

Here is a language sample from Rosetta code:

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set#IDL

Re: GNU Data Language

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Post by adrian_b » Sun, May 15, 2022, 6:16 PM UTC

np_tedious wrote: post #8

gammarator wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Main advantage would be running existing IDL programs without the proprietary license. For any new development the alternatives you mention have a larger userbase.

Octave is also open source. It's GNU Octave, in fact

GNU Octave is intended as a non-proprietary replacement for MATLAB not for IDL, so, as another poster has written above, both these 2 GNU projects have the purpose of replacing certain proprietary tools, but they are intended for different user bases, who were previously familiar with those 2 different proprietary tools.