Doing science with prototype Virtual Observatory tools

[Mark Taylor]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Anita Richards wrote:

> 2. Topcat - what is 'not too much' Java?  Less than one line?

The question was on Bob and Mark's comment about TOPCAT's algebraic
expression language:

  " Perhaps it's most exciting feature is the powerful data manipulation
   ability, using Java classes, without having to invest too heavily 
   in learning Java itself."

The short answer is - yes.

The long answer is in the TOPCAT user document:

   http://www.star.bristol.ac.uk/~mbt/topcat/manual/help/jel.html

Mark

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