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Re:Tidyverse: R Packages for Data Science by UniverseHacker on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:32PM (#46139734)
But with a much more human legible syntax that doesn’t require huge numbers of nested parentheses.
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Re:Tidyverse: R Packages for Data Science by tetris11 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:38PM (#46139793) 

    `+`(1,2)
is a valid R call for anyone wondering
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Re:Tidyverse: R Packages for Data Science by vharuck on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:18PM (#46140277)
So is this:

    `(`(1)
Bonus points: Find a use for having the parenthesis be a function.
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Re:Tidyverse: R Packages for Data Science by UniverseHacker on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @07:58PM (#46142495)
That's pure evil
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Re:Tidyverse: R Packages for Data Science by mc_maurer on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:03PM (#46140838)
Sneaking some very devious stuff into a friend's .Rprofile when they're not looking
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