[Rd] should base R have a piping operator ?

[Iñaki Ucar]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 18:10, Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt> wrote:
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> R is a functional language, pipes are not.

How would you classify them? Pipes are analogous to function
composition. In that sense, they are more functional than classes, and
R does have classes.

Anyway, I don't see "purity" as a valid argument either in favour or
against any given feature. Language classification may be useful for
theorists, but certainly not for practitioners.

Iñaki