gnuplot limits?

[Eric Chassande-Mottin]

hi,

the following code which plots 1000 random segments in [0,1]^2
fails on my computer, from time to time with the error

gnuplot> 0.805198 0.770516
         ^
         line 14158: invalid command

is that a known issue due to gnuplot limitation (number of lines
in a plot is limited) or to a bug in the data transmission from
octave to gnuplot when the data volume is large?

the large N, the more likely the code fails.

thanks,
eric.

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clf;

N=1000;

axis([0 1 0 1]);

for n=1:N,
  x=[rand rand];
  y=[rand rand];
  plot(x,y);
  hold on;
endfor;

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