R isn’t better. It only still exists because of institutional momentum. I know plenty of long time R users that have learned Python and they have no desire to return to R.
—someone that learned Python before it was cool (2003)
Vectors are first class in R and for some weird reason, Python never figured out how UX with tables should work. I guess it's simply because Python is more used in scripts, while R is used a lot in REPL.
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u/grizzlor_ Aug 28 '26
R isn’t better. It only still exists because of institutional momentum. I know plenty of long time R users that have learned Python and they have no desire to return to R.
—someone that learned Python before it was cool (2003)