dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o) (06/03/85)
I heard that the System 5 graphics package GPS was going to be dropped from future releases. Is this true ? Any replacements ? I have found GPS extremely useful. Though neither its graphics nor statistics are very complete, the ability to arbitrarily piece together data transformers and plot the results has been irreplaceable in my daily routine. I guess I'll just have to learn S. Cheers, Dan Ts'o Dept. Neurobiology Rockefeller Univ. 1230 York Ave. NY, NY 10021 212-570-7671 ...cmcl2!rna!dan
gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) (06/03/85)
> I heard that the System 5 graphics package GPS was going to be > dropped from future releases. Is this true ? Any replacements ? The System V Interface Definition has flagged both GPS and UNIX plot(4) as "Level 2" effective 01-Jan-1985. This means that they may be dropped from the Definition as early as 01-Jan-1988. Indications are that AT&T is looking into a GKS-based replacement. I rather think it was a bum move phasing out software BEFORE a replacement was on hand.. > I have found GPS extremely useful. Though neither its graphics > nor statistics are very complete, the ability to arbitrarily piece together > data transformers and plot the results has been irreplaceable in my daily > routine. Yes, the idea is very nice. > I guess I'll just have to learn S. MUCH slower, by all reports. But very good for its intended use in exploratory data analysis.