The "clear" part is often the issue. My favorite example:
- In Mathematica, if you want to plot a vector field, you use VectorPlot[]
- In MATLAB, you use... quiver(). You know, because it holds a lot of arrows. Short and clear, eh?
- In Mathematica, if you want to plot a vector field, you use VectorPlot[]
- In MATLAB, you use... quiver(). You know, because it holds a lot of arrows. Short and clear, eh?
As contrasted with "VectorPlot": was that "VectorPlot", "VectorGraph", "TensorPlot", or "PlotVector"?
"quiver" is short and sweet and slightly unusual but also conceptually related in a sense to the function.
I'm not saying that "quiver" is the better name, though I'm offering some arguments as to why it might be.
"Shaka, when the walls fell."
Sure it's poetic, but WTF do you mean?
Very unclear to anyone who is new to that functionality, though.