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Can't you just use a tablet and DRAW the graph like it was hand-made? I don't understand...
by vangar 14y ago
Can't you just use a tablet and DRAW the graph like it was hand-made?
I don't understand...
- bryanh 14y agoWriting code makes repetitive tasks easier: if you want to pump out hundreds or thousands or millions of variations on a graph (using different data, etc...) then drawing it by hand is infeasible.
- unreal37 14y agoWhat if the data changes every day? ie: plotting the number of bugs fixed over time
- ceejayoz 14y agoFor the same reason no one hand-codes the HTML on each individual Hacker News thread?