Re: What should Mma be?
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Re: What should Mma be?
- From: jdr at xena.crl.com (Jon Roland)
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 11:47:32 -0800
On Dec 8, 14:02, PERKINS TYLER R wrote:
> As one who has written C programs that both draw graphs with labels
> and produce 3D representations, I contend that the former is MUCH
> more difficult. It's hard to define exactly what it means when a
> label looks "good". Even if you know what you're looking for,
>-- End of excerpt from PERKINS TYLER R
I concur, based on similar experience. The short-term solution
is to make it easy to grab labels and move them around, then be
able to save the result. The longer-term solution is an AI
capability that learns the preferences of the user and how to
generate labels that he likes.
--Jon
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