Editing IDL (programming language) (section)

{{Short description|Programming language}}
{{Distinguish|Interface description language}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2010}}
{{Infobox programming language
| name = IDL (Interactive Data Language)
| logo = 
| paradigm = [[Array programming|vector-oriented programming]]
| designer = David Stern
| developer = David Stern & [[ITT Visual Information Solutions|ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS)]]
| latest release version = IDL 9.1
| latest release date = September, 2024
| typing = [[dynamic typing|Dynamic]]
| implementations = IDL, [[GNU Data Language]], Fawlty Language
| dialects = 
| influenced = 
| website = https://www.nv5geospatialsoftware.com/Products/IDL
| year = 1977
| influenced_by = 
}}
'''IDL''', short for '''Interactive Data Language''', is a [[programming language]] used for [[data analysis]].  It is popular in particular areas of science, such as [[astronomy]], [[atmospheric physics]] and [[medical imaging]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} IDL shares a common [[Syntax (programming languages)|syntax]] with [[PV-Wave]] and originated from the same [[codebase]], though the languages have subsequently diverged in detail. There are also [[Free software|free]] or [[Freeware|costless]] implementations, such as [[GNU Data Language]] (GDL) and [http://www.flxpert.hu/fl/ Fawlty Language] (FL).