Re:Generalizing Support for Functional OOP in R
by bachmeier on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @02:15PM
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> it’s clear now that Python has “won” in this space and R is a tough sell to a wider team
R has always been a language for academics, and it continues to be popular in that domain, with no compelling reason to switch. It has seen usage in the private sector, but that has never been the driving force behind R's development or ecosystem, and I doubt it ever will be. For academics, even if a particular function is only available for Python, it's easy enough to call it from R and do everything else in R.
R has always been a language for academics, and it continues to be popular in that domain, with no compelling reason to switch. It has seen usage in the private sector, but that has never been the driving force behind R's development or ecosystem, and I doubt it ever will be. For academics, even if a particular function is only available for Python, it's easy enough to call it from R and do everything else in R.