Why I'm still betting on R

R is a very important language but a very dangerous one.

There are things that need to cleanup even if code breaks.

Like x$hel matches x$hello The <<- that changes global state S3 needs to leave (a.b can be a name or a method call) env() should be immutable inconsistent names in libraries no type safety meaningless simplifications and lack of uniformity

and lots of other things. The syntax leads to messy code.

I think it needs a lot of ergonomics changes for being developer friendly. Until then I stick to Julia (and some Scilab or TCL/TK). Not the same but I prefer developer peace of mind.

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