R does support functional programming. In fact, it was based on Scheme (see discussion for comparison: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-December/1819

R does support functional programming. In fact, it was based on Scheme (see discussion for comparison: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-December/181982.html https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-December/181982.h...).