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From: E.D.G. on 3 Aug 2010 04:37 "Mumia W." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >> Perhaps it would be a good idea to even create a Perl FAQ section that >> was specifically intended for science researchers. It would discuss all > Perhaps you should create that FAQ. This is user-supported software. I would probably be happy to help. However, I would first need to know how to get the various Perl routines etc. to work myself.
From: Tad McClellan on 3 Aug 2010 09:14 Mumia W. <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > On 08/02/2010 07:10 PM, E.D.G. wrote: >> [...] >> Perhaps it would be a good idea to even create a Perl FAQ section that >> was specifically intended for science researchers. It would discuss all >> of those things in detail. Right now they need to search through the >> various FAQ sections looking for that information instead of having it >> in a single location. And, certain topics such as generating PNG files >> from plot data etc. might not even be discussed at the present time in >> any of the FAQ sections. I went looking for information regarding that >> in the FAQ files and could not find anything. It can probably be found >> in the documentation for different modules. But a person would first >> need to know which modules to check. >> > > Perhaps you should create that FAQ. Please do not encourage him. It would be a disservice to our community to have a FAQ written by someone as confused about computer technology as this OP is. -- Tad McClellan email: perl -le "print scalar reverse qq/moc.liamg\100cm.j.dat/" The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.
From: Mumia W. on 3 Aug 2010 11:35 On 08/03/2010 03:37 AM, E.D.G. wrote: > "Mumia W." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > >>> Perhaps it would be a good idea to even create a Perl FAQ section that >>> was specifically intended for science researchers. It would discuss all > >> Perhaps you should create that FAQ. This is user-supported software. > > I would probably be happy to help. However, I would first need to know > how to get the various Perl routines etc. to work myself. > So learn those things over the course of this (and the next) year and create the FAQ when you're done. It's okay if you ask for help writing the FAQ.
From: Ilya Zakharevich on 3 Aug 2010 17:21 On 2010-08-02, Jim Gibson <jimsgibson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > A CGI program desiring to display gnuplot-generated graphs would start > a gnuplot session, send it commands to generate a graph and send the > output to a PNG file, then put a link in a returned HTML page to > display the PNG file as an image. Fine today; but for usage tomorrow, one may start to investigate optional pathway through SVG, not PNG. Myself, I would go through Term::Gnuplot, not gnuplot. But I'm biased... Yours, Ilya
From: E.D.G. on 8 Aug 2010 00:12
"Mumia W." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:V-6dnaQ5vqCG2cXRnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >>> Perhaps you should create that FAQ. This is user-supported software. >> >> I would probably be happy to help. However, I would first need to know >> how to get the various Perl routines etc. to work myself. >> > > So learn those things over the course of this (and the next) year and > create the FAQ when you're done. It's okay if you ask for help writing the > FAQ. > This effort has probably been underway for at least five years. It covers quite a few subjects such as PC usage, interactive graphics generation, and Web site development. There might be two main limitations at the moment for science researchers who would like to use Perl with their efforts. And my own work with making the language easier for them to use will probably not make too much progress until the second limitation listed here has been addressed. 1. There is no Perl usage documentation that I am aware of that has been specifically written for science researchers. It would contain detailed discussions regarding how to get Perl running on both personal computers and Web servers. 2. As far as I can tell, there does not appear to be a clear-cut choice for a plotting program to use with Perl. And the ability to generate data plots is undoubtedly one of the most important for science researchers. Many other languages have some standard plotting routine either built into them or at least available as one or more modules that can be linked with the program. And there appear to be quite a few modules like that available for Perl usage. But an effort has to be made to determine which module or modules would be the easiest and most appropriate to use. And that takes time. |