In article <1993Feb24.170614.17990 at pollux.lu.se> Bo Servenius,
Bo.Servenius at wblab.lu.se writes:
>We are lookin for some program to plot data as graphics, with
>bars or curves with error bars. We know about Sigmaplot
>but it is very expensive at least here in Sweden. New versions
>of Excel are said to have these functions but have any of you
>experience using it for scientific purposes?
I think Excel is terrible for this sort of thing. Slow and clumsy.
Allow me to put my two-cents-worth in for Igor. It is quick, extremely
powerful, and has an excellent macro facility. It is not terribly
expensive. On the flip side, its human factors (IMHO, of course) are
TERRIBLE! I always have to think and experiment for several minutes
before I can get a variable-vs.-time graph, something I do nearly every
week.
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William E. Williams, bwilliam at oyster.smcm.edu
Divison of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
St. Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD 20686
