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I hugely dislike being compared to any religious figure. I don't have "followers", and the vast majority of people who use my work understand that it's just one
by hadley 9y ago
I hugely dislike being compared to any religious figure. I don't have "followers", and the vast majority of people who use my work understand that it's just one way to do things.
The tidyverse is far from perfect, and I hope it obvious that I acknowledge my mistakes, particularly through evolving APIs (e.g. reshape -> reshape2 -> tidyr + dplyr).
- ACow_Adonis 9y agoSorry Hadley. I genuinely admire the work you've done. My analogy is not intended to comment on you, or the tidy- verse (indeed, I think it's fantastic that you're one of the first people to even start talking seriously about what tidy data is), just like my comparison to Jesus isn't meant to actually comment on his life. I'm commenting on the community that follows. And there it's basic "life of Brian". You don't want followers. Doesn't mean you haven't got them. And it doesn't mean many of them aren't ignorant of anything outside of R/stats...