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Re: Histogram saga [message #48826]

Mon, 22 May 2006 17:01

David Fanning
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JD Smith writes:

> I wonder why someone hasn't written a full purpose
> histogram plotting tool with shading and other nice features?

Probably because I have mentioned too often on this
newsgroup what a lot of grief I get over my COLORBAR
routine. And for the same reason: it sounds like a general
purpose program to do this one simple thing would be an easy
program to write, but it is MUCH harder in practice to write
something general than it is to write something specific.

I could write 10 *specific* COLORBAR programs in the
time it takes to write one general (and usually compromised)
one. HISTOGRAMS, I find, are the same way. I've flirted with
them, and my book even contains one that I've used in
various ways. But each histogram is so different, that
I've never liked any of my routines for a *general* routine.
I usually use the one I have as a pattern for the others,
tweaking as necessary.

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
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		Re: Histogram saga By: David Fanning on Mon, 22 May 2006 17:01
		Re: Histogram saga By: JD Smith on Mon, 22 May 2006 15:05
		Re: Histogram saga By: David Fanning on Mon, 22 May 2006 13:11
		Re: Histogram saga By: JD Smith on Mon, 22 May 2006 12:44
		Re: Histogram saga By: David Fanning on Mon, 22 May 2006 06:26

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