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These were the same types of people that said to me "don't use R, no one uses it" several years ago. I know there must be a balance between bleeding-edge and s
by zzleeper 12y ago
These were the same types of people that said to me "don't use R, no one uses it" several years ago.
I know there must be a balance between bleeding-edge and stability, but if in research you cannot use the new tools, then there will not be any progress at all.
- gerty 12y agoThat's true. In my field, there's plenty of Matlab and it's arguably not even the best tool for the job: someone started using it, people improved on the work and now, no one cares about rewriting that.