[R] Proposed changes to the R Language

[Bert Gunter]

I would assume r-devel is where this sort of query should be posted as we
mere users have nothing to say about this.

However, I've seen discussions and talks about better languages for
scientific (but data science?) programming -- Matlab, Julia, Scipy, etc. --
for at least a decade. But with a library of now over 10,000 packages on
CRAN and yet more on Bioconductor and github -- that's a lot of inertia to
overcome.

Cheers,
Bert


Bert Gunter

"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and
sticking things into it."
-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )


On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 7:13 AM Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

> I have no idea. But I hope not... that sounds like a different tool than
> R, just as C++ is a different tool than C.
>
> On December 27, 2018 4:36:42 PM PST, "Angus C Hewitt (DHHS)" <
> Angus.Hewitt using dhhs.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> >Hi Team,
> >
> >Please advise if there are any plans in the pipeline for change the R
> >language to "B"  as proposed in the below mentioned statistical series
> >help at Auckland Uni.
> >
> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88TftllIjaY
> >
> >
> >Kind Regards,
> >
> >Angus Hewitt
> >Senior Analyst | Decision Support
> >System Design, Planning & Decision Making |  Health & Well Being
> >Department of Health and Human Services | 19th floor, 50 Lonsdale
> >Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000
> >t. 9096 5859  | m. 0468 364 744 | e. Angus.Hewitt using dhhs.vic.gov.au
> >
> >
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