> I am considering writing a module for Python to handle NDF files, but do not
> want to re-invent the wheel .. has anyone done this already, or is anyone
> planning to do so?
Not that I know of.
Python has probably become the de facto scripting language in astronomy,
well at least in America. This has happened _after_ Starlink's closure.
We've been more geared towards perl and some of us still write C-shell
scripts. I have been thinking of producing a "Scripting Starlink in
Python" cookbook along the lines of SC/4, as a way for me to learn
Python, and explore any obstacles.
The following blog is encouraging.
http://crashtestastronomer.blogspot.com/2007/04/astronomy-python-and-everything-else.html
Malcolm
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