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From: fangchin@leland.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang)
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Subject: Re: Math/Statistical Package for X Wanted (Please)
Message-ID: <1991Jun29.034951.16103@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 29 Jun 91 03:49:51 GMT
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In article <481@nic.cerf.net>, jonesm@nic.cerf.net (John Reading) writes:
|> I am looking for a package that runs under X that will allow
|> me to display graphs, tables, etc of numbers generated by a 
|> simulation. I think what I'm looking for would include things
|> like displaying the mean and standard deviation of a set of
|> data, or maybe even putting up data on an x,y display and then
|> plotting a regression line.

This is easy.  annon ftp prep.ai.mit.edu, cd pub/gnu, bin, get gnuplot2.02.tar.Z
and then build it in sleep.  Then give Gary Perlman, the author of unix|stat a
email, and get his well written pkg, more info below :-)

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|> Does this sound confused and vague? To be honest, all I know is
|> one of my users wants me to come up with "something that will
|> do math and graphical stuff." I'm just the implementor, but I
|> would rather not implement something from scratch if somebody
|> else out there has already done it (probably better than I can :-).

NO.  VERY clear to me.  And gnuplot with unix|stat together with a few shell
scripts will take care of all your needs :-)

|> I realize that this is a vague request, but any vague (or pointed)
|> pointers that anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.
|> Especially on this initial request, please email me. If later
|> on somebody helps me clarify my question, or if the response
|> merits, I will post additional information.

I guess my answer and pointer are DEFINITE :-)

|> Thanks to one and all,

You are very welcome.

Chin Fang
Mechanical Engineering Department
Stanford University
fangchin@leland.stanford.edu