Re: moving toward a 3.0 release

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

On 9/27/06, Bill Denney <address@hidden> wrote:
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> One of the major difficulties I had is that I don't know gnuplot well,
> and I therefore had difficulty trying to make gnuplot work with the
> frontend.  Without a good backend, it's tough to test the frontend.  The
> other problem is that with the speed of the interpreter, it takes ~30
> second to create first figure.

Does it have to be a gnuplot? -- Do not get me wrong I do think that
gnuplot is a fine stand-alone program. But in a situation where we
want to emulate matlab behavior i may not be the best choice.
I believe even John once said that if he had to start all over
again he is not sure that his choice for a graphical end would
be gnuplot. Since this graphics handle thing is a new thing perhaps
we could think of a different backend?

> Bill

Sincerely,

Dmitri.
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