Coming from Smalltalk, the more time I spend in the XML of SVG work by others, the more I respect the achievement of the MIT team in the Curl language 2-D library of graphics classes.
Star maps or charts make so much more sense in Curl. We have the RA and Dec for the stars we need to map for star-hopping amateur astronomers. We could even add "paths" !
It reminds me of the foolish basis on which Windows NT graphics appeared preferable to what IBM OS/2 had from mainframe world. Or rejecting the IBM SOM/DSOM ( for which we still pay a price in Win 7 and no doubt will still see the effects in Win 10 limitations.)
The Mac world embraced Smalltalk in a small way ... but why not Curl ?
The history and sociology of computing tech will eventually be of interest in applied science studies because the choices have not been in terms which pure science would commend to us.
#SVG #Curl #path #stroke #graphics #vector
Imagine if the LISP authors of Curl had embraced CLP ! Constraint RULES !
ReplyDeleteand your chart would have planets and asteroids updated
ReplyDeleteexpected positions for binary stars ?
expected mag by datetime of variable stars ?
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