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Re:One Year with R by jeffjobs4000 on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @11:35AM (#30767366)
I first learned how to code in R before moving on to Python, then some C and Go. I think a big cause for the SWE hate of R is that it's not OO programing. R is a functional language for data analysis. If you don't grok that, then I can understand why looking at it would make you barf. Going the other way, from functional to OO, caused me physical pain as well.

R is amazing for data analysis. Also, RStudio is a much more efficient solution for iteratively exploring data than Jupyter. Don't make fun of a screwdriver for not being a hammer.

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Re:One Year with R by rafaelero on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @02:48PM (#30769901)
I made the same transition from R to Python and I still resist using OO. I never understood why people would use it instead of functions.
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Re:One Year with R by klohto on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @11:49AM (#30767540)
Considering how loved Elixir is, functional definitely isn't a problem.
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