R does not deserve to be called awful. It is a language that works for many people, people make a living from it and is one of the fastest growing languages. [

R does not deserve to be called awful. It is a language that works for many people, people make a living from it and is one of the fastest growing languages. [1] https://blog.javascripting.com/2014/07/28/fastest-growing-new-languages-on-github-are-r-rust-and-typescript-and-swift/ https://blog.javascripting.com/2014/07/28/fastest-growing-ne... [2] http://www.pcworld.com/article/2480920/r-programming-language-gaining-ground-on-traditional-statistics-packages.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2480920/r-programming-languag... [3] http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2015/01/14/language-rankings-1-15/ http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2015/01/14/language-rankings-1-15... Yes I have read [R Inferno] http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf