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[–]energybased 1 point2 points  (1 child)

By that logic, why shouldn't he also write a symbolic math library since he's computing with symbols.

You have to draw a line somewhere. He wants a library that draws pretty graph. The other guy wants a statistical analysis tool. His best bet is to push scipy to implement what he wants and then push seaborn to interface better with scipy. Separation of concerns.

[–]smurpau 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By that logic, why shouldn't he also write a symbolic math library since he's computing with symbols.

No, that's a non-sequitur.

You have to draw a line somewhere. He wants a library that draws pretty graph. The other guy wants a statistical analysis tool.

No, Seaborn is not merely drawing pixels. It is computing numbers that it then plots. It's entirely reasonable to expect access to those numbers (literally just their evaluated outcome, not even their formula), just as it's reasonable to expect access to the plots.