> I hate all the python plotting libraries. I've given up discussing this. My personal opinion is that MPL is the assembly vs ggplots2's Python. Yes, maybe th

> I hate all the python plotting libraries. I've given up discussing this. My personal opinion is that MPL is the assembly vs ggplots2's Python. Yes, maybe there are some things that are doable in MPL but not in ggplot2, but never (and I mean - never -) has any one of my colleagues found a single example that I couldnt recreate in ggplot2 with a more readable code that resulted in a better looking plot. MPL has this Latex like "once you get the hang of it, you will never use anything else in life for anything" and OOP's "If its good code then it is OOP and if its not, then you're not doing correct OOP" mythisque hanging over it. When confronted with bad MPL code that results in bad plots, its always one of those two. ggplot2 is the best plotting package out there and imo one of the best "end-user" packages in any language. Also, Hadley is a saint.