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Re: the sky is falling down again [message #52351 is a reply to message #52349]

Wed, 31 January 2007 10:54

Mike[2]
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On Jan 31, 1:09 pm, "R.G. Stockwell" <n...@email.please> wrote:
> Seriously??
> Does anyone think this is really a problem?
> I must be missing the point.
>
> Who in their right mind would plot a point on a graph
> (or a line to a point) that is so very very off the axis?
> That is user error, not a failing in the plot routine to only
> use 32 bit numbers.

The problem is that IDL apparently will happily create plots that show
the incorrect relationship between data sets. This is a major problem
for people who use graphics for exploratory data analysis. If the
results of a plot depend on the shape of the display window, that is a
huge bug. You are right that reasonable analysis might lead a user to
discover the problem, but this still calls into question the
reliability of IDL's graphics.

Mike

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		Re: the sky is falling down again By: JD Smith on Wed, 31 January 2007 12:15
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: David Fanning on Wed, 31 January 2007 11:53
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 31 January 2007 11:37
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 31 January 2007 11:33
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Bob[3] on Wed, 31 January 2007 11:28
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Mike[2] on Wed, 31 January 2007 11:04
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Mike[2] on Wed, 31 January 2007 10:54
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 31 January 2007 10:52
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Bob[3] on Wed, 31 January 2007 10:40
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: David Fanning on Wed, 31 January 2007 10:30
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 31 January 2007 10:09
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: R.Bauer on Wed, 31 January 2007 05:35
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Kenneth Bowman on Tue, 30 January 2007 06:11
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: JD Smith on Tue, 30 January 2007 09:51
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Foldy Lajos on Tue, 30 January 2007 09:01
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: news.qwest.net on Tue, 30 January 2007 08:28
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: edward.s.meinel@aero. on Tue, 30 January 2007 07:53
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Vince Hradil on Tue, 30 January 2007 07:05
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Paolo Grigis on Tue, 30 January 2007 07:01
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: Haje Korth on Tue, 30 January 2007 06:29
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: JD Smith on Wed, 31 January 2007 12:17
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: R.Bauer on Thu, 01 February 2007 04:26
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: edward.s.meinel@aero. on Thu, 01 February 2007 10:58
		Re: the sky is falling down again By: R.Bauer on Thu, 01 February 2007 04:45

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