Scientific Plotting?

[Travis Oliphant]

> 
> I agree.  I think it it's great for people loosely affiliated with the
> development community to be writing these packages (and a couple of
> early but promising packages have been pointed out in this thread), but
> what about the people most intimately involved with the design and
> distribution of Python?  Is it a concern?

I don't think Guido want's to micromanage every extension to his
"extension language"

> 
> I see Python as a great possibility for a teaching language, especially
> for young science/engineering students to get in and get the job done. 
> And it's free, which goes a long way in my struggling physics department
> back home.  But how can someone promote the language when people will
> most understandably spend hundreds/thousands of dollars to fall back to
> the commerical maths packages because the plotting is superb and really
> flexible?  Maybe I'm the only one that sees python could reach a wider
> audience without too much more effort - I wouldn't suggest I'm right
> though! ;)

I totally agree with you.  I'm encouraged by the efforts made and the
progress of PIDDLE and Graphite.  You should look in to them if you want
to help out to make python more plotting-friendly.


Travis