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Re: Origin of IDL
- Subject: Re: Origin of IDL
- From: davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:53:40 -0600
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
- Organization: Fanning Software Consulting
- References: <8odtlk$1ac$1@ac1.ewetel.de>
- Xref: news.doit.wisc.edu comp.lang.idl-pvwave:21106
Jörg Schliwa (joerg.schliwa@ewetel.net) writes:
> So, is IDL an unique language or is it developed from another??
IDL is based on FORTRAN. Or, wait a minute, maybe it was
BASIC. No, I remember now, it was definitely APL. Or,
something like that. :-)
Cheers,
David
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