Re: Graphiing

In article <s0vhb39mcopi76dfomqomhvf5qnkf901ls@xxxxxxx>,
see_website@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:06:20 -0400, David Kerber
<ns_dkerber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote, quoted or indirectly
quoted someone who said :

I know of 21 programs that will produce a variety of graphs, yet I
know of not a single one written for Java that will plot a function of
two variables in 3D, producing a surface.

I thought it would be instructive to plot the primitive functions over
the range -10 to 10, + - / (int and float) %

What is your question?

I thought expressing my ignorance implied the question. Do you know
of a graphing/charting package that will plot of function of two
variables in 3D, producing a surface?

Unfortunately, no I don't. That was what I was guessing you meant, but
sometimes questions are posed by non-English speakers which look well-
worded, but don't express what they actually mean; for example, you
might have been asking how to write such a graphing routine yourself.
So I thought it best to clarify before trying to answer.


Perhaps it would look like a mosquito net, perhaps a warped grid,
perhaps a 3D viewer that lets you change your point of view to see the
surface from various vantage points.

You could also take my post as a pure comment on the strange state of
affairs that everyone keeps reinventing the wheel but refuses to
invent the steering wheel.

I imagine that in this case, there is just not enough demand for java-
based 3D plotting. Most 3D graphics apps are pretty demanding of
compute speed, and that is not one of Java's strong points, though it is
certainly sufficient for some applications.


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