Haskell plotting library similar to MATLAB

Question

Is there a Haskell library for drawing plots similar to MATLAB, scilab or matplotlib? They all have very simple interfaces, which work like a state machine:

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Answer 1

Try gnuplot. It's cross-language, quite fast at scale, and always a nice thing to know, even if it is old. These instructions should get you a working example:

cabal install gnuplot
sudo apt-get install gnuplot-x11

ghci
GHCi, version 7.4.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
h> import Graphics.Gnuplot.Simple
h> plotFunc [] (linearScale 1000 (-20,20)) (\x -> sin x / x)