Re: [matplotlib-devel] pyplot-OO convergence

[Todd <tod...@gm...>]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote:

> Regarding Matlab: it is justly popular for many reasons. It is
> relatively easy to learn both by design and because of its consistent
> high-quality documentation.  Matplotlib's success has resulted in large
> measure from its pyplot layer, which can shield learners and users from
> mpl's complexity, which allows learners to build on their Matlab
> knowledge, and which is particularly well suited to quick interactive
> data exploration.  The problem with the Matlab/pyplot approach is that
> it doesn't scale well, so we see a chorus of advice along the lines of
> "don't use pyplot except for subplots() and show(); use the nice,
> explicit OO interface for everything else".  But at present, this
> doesn't work well, because the OO approach is not interactive enough,
> and using the getters and setters is clumsy when typing at the
> console--in demonstrating, teaching, learning, and exploring
> interactively, every keystroke counts!
>
>
Matlab is actually slowly trying to transition to an OO-style interface of
their own.  It has taken a LONG time, though.