GPS being dropped from UNIX 5.0 ?
Doug Gwyn <gwyn>
gwyn at brl-tgr.ARPA
Tue Jun 4 06:14:04 AEST 1985
> I heard that the System 5 graphics package GPS was going to be
> dropped from future releases. Is this true ? Any replacements ?
The System V Interface Definition has flagged both GPS and UNIX plot(4)
as "Level 2" effective 01-Jan-1985. This means that they may be dropped
from the Definition as early as 01-Jan-1988. Indications are that AT&T
is looking into a GKS-based replacement. I rather think it was a bum
move phasing out software BEFORE a replacement was on hand..
> I have found GPS extremely useful. Though neither its graphics
> nor statistics are very complete, the ability to arbitrarily piece together
> data transformers and plot the results has been irreplaceable in my daily
> routine.
Yes, the idea is very nice.
> I guess I'll just have to learn S.
MUCH slower, by all reports. But very good for its intended use in
exploratory data analysis.
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