Re: [Plplot-general] plplotlib ... fine :-)

[Oliver B. <ol...@fi...>]

Zitat von "Hezekiah M. Carty" <hc...@at...>:

> On Jan 12, 2008 11:52 AM, Oliver Bandel <ol...@fi...>
> wrote:
> > In the archive I found someone who wrote that he
> > wants to write an OCaml-binding for plplot.
> > That's fine. I had the same thing in mind, when looking
> > at impressive the example-page of plplot. :-)
> > But I also will be patient on the results ;-)
> >
> > Ciao,
> >    Oliver Bandel
>
> Oliver,
>
> I posted to the list recently about OCaml bindings for plplot.
[...]

Yes, that was, what I meant with the mails/postings in the archive
of this list.

I tried the code, but could not get it compiled.
I stopped then and switched back to C.
My main intent now is to understand how to use
plplot-lib.
When I know it in C, then I can try to use it in COaml.

Often I had some problems of adapting external OCaml-libs,
because a lack of documentation.
I always want to be able to use the lib, even if there
are OCaml-bindings... they might be not compilable (or only
with too much effort), or might be documented not so well,
or any other reason.

When I then know how to use it in C, I can try to do it
in OCaml also. Then I can hope, the functions have similar names ;-)


[...]
>  If you try the OCaml bindings please let me know how they work for
> you!  I would be happy to hear about it and answer any questions
> which
> may come up.  Here is an example plot made with the OCaml bindings:
>
>
ttp://www.atmos.umd.edu/~hcarty/example_plots/trmm_july_climatology.png

Oh, very nice. :-)


[...]
>
> PLplot is a very nice library and I hope you enjoy it!  It has
> certainly made my research more pleasant.

Yes, I agree, it's a nice lib. :-)
Fine that you have mor fun in research then. :-)

I think about possibly studying again.
Then this plplot-lib could help a lot. :-)
Otherwise in commercial programming projects you
often have much limitations in what is alowed
and what not, and they're often boring.

Ciao,
   Oliver