[SciPy-user] [Newbie] High-performance plotting of large datasets

[Travis E. Oliphant]

Bryan Cole wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm an ex-LabView user, now using python for lab data-acquisition and
> analysis for some years now. It's well worth the switch.
>
> Your best bet is
> http://pyqwt.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> You're right, matplotlib/chaco are too slow for "interactive real-time"
> type work. The strengths of these packages are their
> presentation-quality output (vector and anti-aliased bitmap graphics).
>   
Are you sure you meant that  *chaco* is too slow?  The stated difference 
of chaco with matplotlib is interactive plotting and I know a bit of 
effort goes in to making it fast.

I'm curious what problems you tried chaco on for which it was too slow.  

-Travis O.