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No. R is a language that is beautifully well suited to data analysis and interactive computing. Stat people don't use it simply because we don't know better.
by hadley 10y ago
No. R is a language that is beautifully well suited to data analysis and interactive computing. Stat people don't use it simply because we don't know better.
- Myrmornis 10y agoAs a language, one problem is that it is many people's first programming language, and it's a very bad introduction. In particular it doesn't teach people to think in terms of standard data structures like hash maps / dicts. It's bad for the job prospects of lots of grad students who might hope to leave academia.