The humble Grapher application that hides in the Utility folder of every macOS system is not so humble after all. I loaded 1200 data points into it just now from a CSV file and was able to visually fit an exponential function to them by tweaking the constants until the lin-log plots lined up. It properly formats the mathematical notation on the go too. Someone at Apple put a fair bit of effort into that.
@skypage A classic. But don't think the Grapher in OS X is a direct code descendent of it. I mean, who uses Carbon anymore?
@thor But…why were you tweaking constants? 🤓 https://toot.cafe/media/Cz_5uXyydIqBQtRo_mA
@natevw Because it failed to interpolate. Also, the curves I'm analyzing have data that I need to ignore for the function, but are still relevant in other ways.
@thor Ah, makes sense. Just wanted to make sure you saw that feature too — I can't believe how much is packed into that app.
@thor
The story behind it is also impressive (and a fun read)
http://www.pacifict.com/Story/