[MATRIX-SIG] namespaces, constructors, and global variables
Aaron Watters
arw@dante.mh.lucent.com
Thu, 10 Jul 1997 07:44:47 -0400
> From: Konrad Hinsen <hinsen@ibs.ibs.fr>
> > We're working on a generic plotting interface to gnuplot, gist, ncar
> > graphics, etc., and are currently stumped by our lack of understanding
>
> Great! However, I wonder whether a unification of plotting packages
> is the right way to go. I think it would be not much more effort, but
> much more useful, to write Python code that generates low-level graphics
> elements (lines, circles, etc.) directly to make up a plot. Then there
> could be several low-level drivers that render this representation
> via Tk canvases, OpenGL, PostScript, or whatever.
Seconded. This is the proper way to design it IMHO. If you do it
carefully I don't even think you'll see any particular performance problems.
--Aaron Watters
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