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ngriffiths ◴[20 Nov 24 13:39 UTC] No.42193839[source]▶

>>42191354 (OP) #

Makes me curious what state R was at the time, or whatever else could've been useful for deep learning, and the benefits of a new language vs adapting something that exists. Seems like it was a big investment

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_Wintermute ◴[20 Nov 24 15:43 UTC] No.42194909[source]▶

>>42193839 #

In my opinion R should thought of as an unbeatable graphical calculator, but an awful programming language.

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1. currymj ◴[20 Nov 24 22:24 UTC] No.42198754[source]▶

>>42194909 #

i would compare base R to basically a shell. meant to be used interactively. okay for small scripts. you can write big programs but it will get weird.

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