> In addition, the same name would refer to different things, eg. `abc` and `Abc` and `a_bc` would mean totally different things. That's not too unusual. In J

> In addition, the same name would refer to different things, eg. `abc` and `Abc` and `a_bc` would mean totally different things. That's not too unusual. In Java `Camel` would usually be a class and `camel` an object, and in Prolog `Camel` is a variable wheras `camel` is an atom. Not sure about R though..? > And stuff that could be written in a simple Sinatra or Flask application were written in R Shiny. I don't know R Shiny, but the examples looks neat and simple.[0] Are you sure this is not just a case of "I don't like X" rather than the code being bad? [0]: https://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/basics.html https://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/basics.html