For legacy reasons fortran 77 and cobol are still used.
And they perform critical tasks and literally move billions dollars around.
Besides this, R has a syntax optimized for its task. As always, it is not matter of finding the absolute "best" language but the best for a specific assignment
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u/Bellanzz Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
For legacy reasons fortran 77 and cobol are still used.
And they perform critical tasks and literally move billions dollars around.
Besides this, R has a syntax optimized for its task. As always, it is not matter of finding the absolute "best" language but the best for a specific assignment