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Re:Too many R packages: CRAN is inundated with submissions by dash2 on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @04:09PM (#48665000)
I think the users have clearly delivered the verdict that it is friendlier than base R. Admittedly a low bar. Non R users, which do you prefer:

    foo[foo$bar == “baz”,]

    foo |> filter(bar == “baz”)

?
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Re:Too many R packages: CRAN is inundated with submissions by Mairoce on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @04:21PM (#48665146)
The first one by a mile.

Is this a joke?

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Re:Too many R packages: CRAN is inundated with submissions by kgwgk on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @05:03PM (#48665610)
Or maybe

    foo[bar == “baz”]
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