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Re:Don't Enforce R as a Standard by bachmeier on Friday April 03, 2015 @03:52PM (#9318005)
> If you're doing science and you want people to understand your code, you use Python, not R.

Wouldn't that depend on which language "people" know?

> Its the PHP of Data Science.

Some might disagree with that statement. Some might even argue that languages where for loops are idiomatic and strongly promoted by the BDFL are the PHP of Data Science.

Re:Don't Enforce R as a Standard by rjurney on Friday April 03, 2015 @04:26PM (#9318269)
If so, you're the first "people" I've ever heard this argument from :)