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> R shows how you can succeed just fine with a kinda weird language. One thing that most people don't appreciate about R is the subtle influence from lisp worl
by dcolkitt 7y ago
> R shows how you can succeed just fine with a kinda weird language.
One thing that most people don't appreciate about R is the subtle influence from lisp world. This makes it really feel like the language is optimized for data science down to the most basic syntax level.
- gugagore 7y agoI'd love an example of the subtle influence. In any case, the influence of lisp on julia is pretty obvious if you're familiar with lisp, I believe.
- cwyers 7y agoI believe that R was originally an implementation of S in Scheme, because of the restrictive commercial licensing of S and the desire to have a free-as-in-beer alternative that was S-compatible. This comes through in things like R's metaprogramming: https://adv-r.hadley.nz/meta-big-picture.html#meta-big-picture https://adv-r.hadley.nz/meta-big-picture.html#meta-big-pictu...