From Waisman Brain Imaging Wiki

IDL is a direct competitor of MATLAB. It is a general-purpose mathematical analysis system and programming language. It is used in the labs primarily to power Terry Oakes' super-imaging-toolbox SPAMALIZE (http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~oakes/spam/spam_frames.htm). IDL runs under Windows, OS X, Linux, and other UNIX-y platforms. IDL is produced by ITT Visual Information Solutions (http://www.ittvis.com/idl/).

IDL Resources

Company Resources

• ITT Technical Support (http://www.ittvis.com/services/tsupport.asp)

Third-Party Resources

• IDL Tips (http://www.dfanning.com/documents/tips.html) (Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming)
• Online Help (http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/idl_html_help/home.html) (from NASA)

Our Tips and Tweaks

• Spamalize/IDL Programming Tips (http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~oakes/spam/spam_idl_programming.html) (Terry Oakes)
• IDL's Object programming (http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~oakes/spam/IDL_object_programming.html) (Terry Oakes)

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