[Haskell-cafe] Chart plotting libraries

[Tim Docker]

droundy:
>
> Chart has rather a complicated API.  I've written a simpler API (but
> somewhat less flexible), if anyone's interested (Tim wasn't).  My API is
> closer in complexity (of use) to matlab's plotting.

I'd describe the API as verbose rather than complicated. It takes 5-10
lines of haskell to define a chart - see the examples on the web page. I
think this is fine for use within other code, but I agree is too much
typing for interactive use.

Tim