Dplyr API design is leages ahead of Pandas though. In part this is because Python doesn't have first-class Symbols or lazy evaluation, but also because the dply

Dplyr API design is leages ahead of Pandas though. In part this is because Python doesn't have first-class Symbols or lazy evaluation, but also because the dplyr authors have a better feel for ergonomics. Sadly this 2.0 release makes clear that Pandas is unlikely to evolve its API much further.