RubyPlot - Creating a Plotting Library for Ruby

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RubyPlot claims a usable plotting stack for Ruby built on the C-based GR Framework with a custom Ruby C extension after FFI and Fiddle proved inadequate; it implements a Matplotlib-like backend/artist/front-end split, an events/feedback layer for interactivity, and solves axis/layout headaches with function class queues and a lazy versus robust plots scheme to compute optimal axes and avoid hanging bars; a working prototype and combined repo exist but backend/artist separation and polish remain ongoing.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:061.1 Qualities of a good plotting library
3. 7:331.2.1 The Backend Layer
4. 9:021.2.2 The Artist Layer
5. 10:551.2.3 Frontend API
6. 11:35Let's make it Dynamic, Baby
7. 14:15The Grand Design
8. 19:092.1: Journey to RubyPlot
9. 22:282.2.1 Chicken and the Egg problem
10. 30:353.1: Ruby as an interface for scientific computing
11. 32:443.2: Language independent scientific software

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