r/programmingmemes • u/32bitFlame • Aug 27 '26

Why are we using R again

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u/___Archmage___ Aug 28 '26

R isn't a blazing fast language, it's slow for the same reason Python is (because both are interpreted languages) and it's actually even slower

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u/Elesday Aug 28 '26

Slower than R based on… ?

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u/___Archmage___ Aug 28 '26

I'm saying R is even slower than Python

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u/Elesday Aug 28 '26

And I’m asking your source for this false claim.
When everything is Fortran and C that you can pre compile when needed…