>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Drewes <drewes@interstice.com> writes:
Rich> Consider this Maxima input:
Rich> f(x):=(7-500*x)/(25 * x);
Rich> plot2d(f(x), [x, .008, .012], [y, 2, 16]);
Rich> The plot takes upwards of 20 minutes to appear on a reasonably fast
Rich> system. Something pathological seems to be going on with certain
Rich> domains for the plot of many simple functions. Also, when the plot
Rich> finally does appear, the y axis doesn't seem to be present (even when
Rich> the plot is moved around the window) and the x axis doesn't have
Rich> reasonable tick marks.
I can confirm this. I have no idea why this is. I think the bounds
on y have something to do with it, but even without it, the plot takes
longer and longer as the upper limit of x decreases.
Bizarre.
Ray