deh7g@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (David E. Husk) (02/20/89)
Over the last month or so there has been some discussion
as to which scientific graphics package does the best job.
I've used Cricket Graph and KaleidaGraph for the last
three months and Igor for about a week, and as of now I would
have to recommend Igor.
It has the the ability to do laserwritter resolution
in all graphics modes(i.e. scatter,line etc.) it is very
simple to attach labels headings,etc. to the graphs. It's
Pagemaker friendly, has a very powerful macro's language/processor,
and has built in Fourier transform,inverse Fourier transform,
differentiation, integration, sorting, smoothing,curve
fitting (poly,exp,gauss etc),x and y error bars and a host of
other features.
In addition it has one of the best written and consise
instruction manuals I've seen. The price isn't bad either
at $195.00 and if this isn't enough you get a 30 day
unconditional guarantee.(If you don't like it send it back.)
I have no connection with the above product other
than likeing it a great deal.
Igor
WaveMetrics
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DEH7g@Newton.virginia.edu
Physics Dept. UVa
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