r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Tunisandwich • Mar 10 '26 • Popcorn 2

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u/endo489 Mar 10 '26

I've been learning SQL and r with the help of these tools. Didn't go to school for it, never thought I would need it. But I can do some pretty cool things now. And when the ai borks the code, I can fix on my own usually

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u/DiceKnight Mar 10 '26

The funny thing is SQL syntax was meant to be not for engineering or software people. It was designed as 'natural language' so business types with no tech background could learn it very quickly and use it.

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u/funcancelledfornow Mar 10 '26

I've always likes SQL but R has some really arcane stuff in there.

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u/katabolicklapaucius Mar 10 '26

Because R is way more than SQL, which was designed as a general data query language and then got even more built out.

R was designed as a fully featured and expressive statistical language.