E.D.G. wrote: > "dave_w" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My main Perl program is presently about 3500 lines of code long and 160 KB > in size. So I am not too anxious to translate it into another language. > Apparently, having painted himself into a corner, our warrior wants a few expert roofers to slither up and extricate him.
One of the best experiences that a programmer can have is that of admitting that the lovingly nurtured brainchild is now terminally ill, and showing enough fortitude to make a fresh start. > The problem I am having is largely with the mechanics of linking modules to > the Perl compiler etc. So I am looking for experts who can help with > cookbook instructions, start with step 1, step 2, step 3 etc. Experts saintly enough to salvage the possibly hopeless would some idea of whether they are being asked to donate their time to work on a fundamentally flawed design. > With trying to find a chart program to use for example, there appear to be a > number of them. But from examining their instructions it looks like most of > them must also be linked to a third program called Gnuplot. And that > increases the complexity of getting something running. > Since Perl, as also most other general purpose languages, has no plotting primitives or intrinsics, you will have to use _some_ graphics protocol -- there is no escaping that. Gnuplot is by no means the only choice, but it is simple and provides a wide selection of output devices. Your Perl program can write the plot script to a file, and call Gnuplot to run that script. -- mecej4 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
