I never quite got the allure of this "grammar of graphics" business. I mean, I think I "get it", but I don't get it. For me GoG is basically "use ggplot2 inste

I never quite got the allure of this "grammar of graphics" business. I mean, I think I "get it", but I don't get it. For me GoG is basically "use ggplot2 instead of base R plotting libraries when in R". Which is fine and all, but graphing utilities of matlab/octave are far simpler/flexible. ggplot2 to me seems like it feels it has to add a layer of complexity to achieve the "grammar" part, without a real practical benefit over matlab etc.