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From: jim@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (Jim Providakes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mathematical graphing?
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Date: 25 Oct 89 20:06:59 GMT
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I would highly recommend IGOR by WaveMatrics (503-635-8849).  The price is 
about the same as Kalaidagraph, but it does a whole lot more.  It has built
in FFT capabilties (for you signal analysis types) and non-linear least squares
fitting using user defined functions (this feature is really great). The
tech support is outstanding.  I am not affiliated with the company, but
have gone through the array of other graphing and analysis programs like
Crichet Graph (ugh), Fastat (too limited but promising), SYSTAT (powerful,
but very poor user interface and expensive), Mathematica (excellent program, 
but for most of us it is way overpriced (~$700 for MACII), it just isn't that 
great), and Kaleidagraph (close second). I have used it for generating 
publication quality graphs for my thesis (The anotation capabilities includes 
any concievable font style, size, or type).  
I hope this helps.