Fortran has a few nice plotting libraries. [0] Including matplotlib.

Personally, I've only used ogpf, which is a single-file library, making it easier to run for beginners.

[0] https://fortran-lang.org/packages/graphics/

I did a cursory scan and some of these seem not my cup of tea, but honestly ogpf looks rather pleasant for quick plots. Thanks! I might use this.

That said, the point of these being external libraries and thus making them a bit less convenient still sort of stands, as being external libraries means you need to link them which exposes more CS tier stuff (installing libraries, make files, etc) that distracts from just learning codes, which again just motivates using a tool that abstracts some of that behind a managed package and library system.

I'm assuming you could use things like lfortran in jupyter which I imagine might allow these things to be bundled, although I haven't followed that effort as of late.

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pklausler 9 hours ago | parent [-]

What language does have built-in plotting capabilities that don't depend on external libraries?

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int_19h 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It depends on how you define "built-in" exactly. I would argue that in this context, if the end user isn't aware that an external library is used under the hood, it still qualifies as built-in. In which case, R has plot() in its stdlib.

	▲	TimorousBestie 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		By this definition, python doesn’t have plotting in its stdlib.

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dgacmu 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Language vs system with a language?

Mathematica, matlab, maple, octave, etc.