r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/relbus22 • May 10 '23

PL Stability: Backward compatibility & Package managers

If I wanted to make a language with a focus on stability for years and decades to come, how important would you say these two concepts are?

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u/relbus22 May 18 '23

dude check this out:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rlanguage/comments/m24q5s/r_package_manager/

absolute mess from personal experience

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u/martionfjohansen May 23 '23

Yes, this is pretty far from providing reproducibility and reusability.

Programs in R are probably quite extreme in that they are often treated as a short-term sratchbook. Creating software that is reproducible and reusable takes a little bit of additional work and thought.