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I have to admit that it's pretty easy to build your own plotting software. As long as you have the ability to draw lines and pixels, it's easily done.
by jokoon 5y ago
I have to admit that it's pretty easy to build your own plotting software. As long as you have the ability to draw lines and pixels, it's easily done.
- Iv 5y agoDon't forget text plotting, that's the hard part. The technical challenge is not huge, but the amount of small and "easy" features a good plotting lib needs is huge.
- kergonath 5y agoIt’s easy if you keep it simple, your data is regular, and you don’t handle the multitude of corner cases. Doing it properly is about as difficult as processing Unicode correctly, which is to say quite bloody hard.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoLol if you have tons of free time on your hands. I'd like to see your replacement for gnuplot that has all the same capabilities. HackerNews will be awaiting your contribution!