I think it would be more accurate to say "deviate from R's typical use." I use Rscript all the time. I was taught to use it by one of R's developers. While not

I think it would be more accurate to say "deviate from R's typical use." I use Rscript all the time. I was taught to use it by one of R's developers. While not typical, it is absolutely an "intended" use case. In fact, if you would like to learn more, Software Carpentry has an entire module on using R as a CLI: https://swcarpentry.github.io/r-novice-inflammation/05-cmdline/ https://swcarpentry.github.io/r-novice-inflammation/05-cmdli...