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Re: Origin of IDL



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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