Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-06 Thread David E. Fox
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:14:21 -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you read the origional Fortran for the 704? Its a hoot (its on > ibm's website). For the interested, a quick google search found the following url - fortran ii listing for the 704. I guess it's the compiler

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:20:19PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 01:51:03PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > >>I would like to try some simple graphics programming on Linux -- > >>plotting points, lines, and arcs to a window, filling areas w

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:26:32 -0400 Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 01:51:03PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > > I would like to try some simple graphics programming on Linux -- > > plotting points, lines, and arcs to a window, filling areas with > > colour

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: I would like to try some simple graphics programming on Linux -- plotting points, lines, and arcs to a window, filling areas with colour, etc. Preferably with a C interface, something like what you could do with Turbo C on DOS in the 1980's. What would be the easiest sy

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 01:51:03PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: I would like to try some simple graphics programming on Linux -- plotting points, lines, and arcs to a window, filling areas with colour, etc. Preferably with a C interface, something like what you cou

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Cédric Lucantis
Le jeudi 5 avril 2007 13:51, Jan Willem Stumpel a écrit : > I would like to try some simple graphics programming on Linux -- > plotting points, lines, and arcs to a window, filling areas with > colour, etc. Preferably with a C interface, something like what > you could do with Turbo C on DOS in the

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 01:51:03PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > I would like to try some simple graphics programming on Linux -- > plotting points, lines, and arcs to a window, filling areas with > colour, etc. Preferably with a C interface, something like what > you could do with Turbo C on

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 03:41:20PM +0200, Pierre THIERRY wrote: > Scribit Douglas Allan Tutty dies 05/04/2007 hora 09:32: > > Personally, I only program in two languages: Fortran and Python. So I > > would suggest python. > > Why not Fortran? ;-) Python is easier to get stuff done in. My usual

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Scribit Douglas Allan Tutty dies 05/04/2007 hora 09:32: > Personally, I only program in two languages: Fortran and Python. So I > would suggest python. Why not Fortran? ;-) Curiously, Pierre -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP 0xD9D50D8A signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Scribit Jan Willem Stumpel dies 05/04/2007 hora 13:51: > What would be the easiest system to do this? Should I learn Java? Or > something else? The Cairo library should probably offer everything you could want, and more. It has numerous bindings for languages, so pick one. It's written in C, and

Re: [OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 01:51:03PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > I would like to try some simple graphics programming on Linux -- > plotting points, lines, and arcs to a window, filling areas with > colour, etc. Preferably with a C interface, something like what > you could do with Turbo C on

[OT] Graphics programming

2007-04-05 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
I would like to try some simple graphics programming on Linux -- plotting points, lines, and arcs to a window, filling areas with colour, etc. Preferably with a C interface, something like what you could do with Turbo C on DOS in the 1980's. What would be the easiest system to do this? Should I le