Comment by ants_everywhere
Comment by ants_everywhere 14 hours ago
I really like R. I find it a nice language to work in. I'm glad to see projects like this that make it more accessible.
Comment by ants_everywhere 14 hours ago
I really like R. I find it a nice language to work in. I'm glad to see projects like this that make it more accessible.
R and numpy can both be used as wrappers for blas and lapack but R is closer to a proper array language and is nicer to use.
So basically any data operations that don't require python libraries, and especially any statistical programming
The section in the r studio documentation called Computing On The Language is by far favourite feature of R
It lets a function observe the context in which the function was called, which is why R can contextually use formula notations so ergonomically. That also backs pseudo symbolic computing, like plotting a function over a domain and magically getting the right chart titles.
That language support is why Python libraries struggle so much to replicate the ergonomics of the tidyverse.
https://rstudio.github.io/r-manuals/r-lang/Computing-on-the-...
What is something which you find better doing in R than in another popular language? Not including its standard library.