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Re:Introduction to Modern Statistics by perrygeo on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:52AM (#37858033)
R and CRAN really get package management right. Even as a very infrequent R user, there are no surprises, it "just works". Compare that to my daily Python usage where I am continually flummoxed by dependency issues.
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Re:Introduction to Modern Statistics by _Wintermute on Thursday October 12, 2023 @12:42PM (#37859585)
Strong disagree, there's a reason RStudio/Posit are spending so much time trying to develop 3rd party alternatives to install.packages() and CRAN.

Try installing an older version of a package without it pulling in the most recent incompatible dependencies, it's a whole adventure.

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