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Well, it is a document from 2010. Machines are faster now, we have seen the hassle with Python 2 to 3 adoption (or non-adoption) and how hard it is to change a
by ianbooker 8y ago
Well, it is a document from 2010.
Machines are faster now,
we have seen the hassle with Python 2 to 3 adoption (or non-adoption) and how hard it is to change a language,
generally the model to use a slow but comfortable language for model specification and execute it via C lib is more accepted now,
and last but not least: The Tidyverse really has momentum now.
Sure, Julia and Python are coming after R, but the ecosystem itself is far from done..
- tmalsburg2 8y agoPlus, R's performance limitations are not that big of a deal. In my experience, the bottle neck is just a couple of lines of code that can easily be replaced by some lines of Rcpp. Much easier than switching to a whole new language and ecosystem. I was really excited when Julia was new but the cost of switching is just never going to be worth it for me personally.