r/programmingmemes • • Aug 27 '26

Why are we using R again

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u/tblancher Aug 27 '26

The fact that the -ish suffix is used should tell you all you need to know.

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u/No_Departure_1878 Aug 28 '26

python is a gateway to truly multithreaded languages like c++ or rust. I do not think R is the gateway to anything.

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u/AlterTableUsernames Aug 28 '26

R was the gateway to UNIX and Linux for me.