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It sounds like you are arguing for imperative programming over functional programming.

• GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
  What does that have to do with r vs python?
• superuser2 11y ago
  R is a fine tool, but (like Java or C) not the best window for a beginner into the joy that programming can be. The syntax is pretty weird and its semantics don't align that neatly with broadly-useful ideas for reasoning about programs. We run 3 different intro sequences in Python (for non-majors), Scheme (for most majors), and Haskell (for those who are already strong imperative programmers). They're all great.