I still use plplot for all my plotting. But sadly I ran out of time to work on it as much as I used to. I would be very sad to see it die and I will continue to keep a copy up and running for my own needs, even if it isn't "official".
As a C++ coder I'm not sure I could ever even pretend to maintain the huge array of language front ends that plplot has. Even if I had the time. I wonder how many people use the different language bindings and drivers. Phil Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Jonathan Woithe <jwoi...@just42.net> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 12:55:14 AM To: Orion Poplawski <or...@nwra.com> Cc: PLplot development list <Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Plplot-devel] Is PLplot dead? On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 09:49:56PM -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote: > I haven't seen a post on this list from anyone other than me since August > 2023. Is it time to consider this project dead? Speaking personally, I still have a number of applications which make use of plplot. Plplot provides a very capable plotting system, but I concede that that in 2024 there are many alternatives. This was not the case when plplot was first conceived. The language landscape has also shifted considerably in the last decade; in data science for example, python has become particularly popular. I would be sad to see plplot maintenance stop. However, I am not a core developer and have no right to demand that others support a library just because I personally use it. There is certainly less data analysis software being written in C and C++ these days, which naturally reduces the popularity of something like plplot. This in turn causes a shift in priorities amongst those who previously worked on plplot. While I would like to see the ongoing maintenance of plplot, I totally understand the core developers deem it to be no longer worthwhile. In today's software environment, it would be a justifiable position which I would have no trouble accepting. Regardless of what happens to plplot from here, I would like to express my profound gratitude to all those who contributed to plplot over the years. While I have by no means been a heavy user, plplot has been a very handy tool to have at one's disposal and I have appreciated the work that's gone into developing and maintaining it over the years. Regards jonathan _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
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