> R itself isn't a mess. Typical R code tends to be. The same can be send about Perl - it is not hard to write readable code but there is code around which was

> R itself isn't a mess. Typical R code tends to be. The same can be send about Perl - it is not hard to write readable code but there is code around which was written without regard to readability/maintainability or any consistency at all. Languages which are trying to force a single style (e. g. indentation as a part of the syntax like in Python or configurable format tool like 'go fmt') and have as little TMTOWTDI as possible are favored nowadays.