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wodenokoto on Aug 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Matplot++ – A Plotting Tool for C++

Given the name, that is very surprising.

Wikipedia has a section on this [1], and apparently it is not named after the GNU project, but after the animal.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnuplot#Distribution_terms

ssl232 on Aug 30, 2020 [–]

Wow, I would have sworn it was a GNU project if someone had asked. It just seems so typical of a GNU project: free, open source, around for as long as I can remember, available on every Linux but with a dated look and feel.

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