Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

[Thomas Walter <t.walter@nefkom.net>]

Hi,

On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 00:21, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Dear Debian-Science,
> 
> I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot,
> preferably packaged in Debian.
> 
> Do you have experiences with some of them ?
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
> 
> Imagine a large red swirl here. 
> 

for some alternatives of gnuplot, that depends what do you want to
replace.

I prefer the separation of data preparation and data visualisation.
As plot backend one can use
   plplot --  a libray, interfaces to several lanuages, 2D and some 3D
   ploticus -- scriptable

As data preparation one can use several tools
	pdl
	perl
	octave
	R
	maxima
	pari
	...

pending on what kind of data you have combined with the focus and
strength of the data cooking tool.

As far as I know, it becomes tricky, if one wants to do 3D plotting with
all the functionality one knows from 2D plotting.

Kind Regards,
Thomas