IDL 8.4 Platform and Feature Support
Platform Support for IDL 8.4
| Platform |
Hardware |
Operating System |
Supported Versions a |
| Windows |
Intel/AMD 32-bit |
Windows |
XP SP2, Vista, 7, 8 |
| Intel/AMD 64-bit |
XP, Vista, 7, 8 |
| Macintosh |
Intel 64-bit |
OS X |
10.8, 10.9 b |
| UNIX |
Intel/AMD 64-bit |
Linux |
Kernel 2.6.32, glibc 2.12 |
| SPARC 64-bit |
Solaris |
10 |
| Intel/AMD 64-bit |
a Supported versions indicate that IDL was either built on (the lowest version listed) or tested on that version. You can install and run IDL on other versions that are binary-compatible with those listed.
b An X-Windows manager is required forMacintosh. IDL was tested using XQuarts 2.7.4.
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Feature Support for IDL 8.4
The following table indicates which platforms support the corresponding feature. IDL features not listed in this table are assumed to work on all supported platforms.
| Feature |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
Linux |
Solaris |
| Intel 32-bit |
Intel 64-bit |
Intel 64-bit |
Intel 64-bit |
SPARC 64-bit |
Intel 64-bit |
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COM Object–Export (via Export Bridge Assistant)
|
* |
* |
|
|
|
|
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COM Object–Import (IDLcomIDispatch object)
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
| DataMiner |
* |
* |
|
* |
* |
|
|
DICOM Network Services
|
* |
* |
|
|
|
|
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DICOM Read/Write (IDLffDicomEx object)
|
* |
* |
|
|
* |
|
|
DICOM Read (IDLffDICOM object)
|
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
DXF file format (IDLffDXF object)
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
| GRIB_* routines |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
| Internationalization (I18N_*) conversion routines |
* |
* |
|
|
|
|
|
IDL Advanced Math and Stats (IMSL NumericalLibrary)
|
* |
* |
|
* |
* |
|
|
IDL Workbench
|
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
| JPIP (IDLnetJPIP) |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
MrSID (IDLffMrSID)
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
| OPeNDAP for NetCDF |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
Video Read
(IDLffVideoRead) |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
Video Write
(IDLffVideoWrite) |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
|
Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)
|
|
|
* |
* |
* |
* |