Very nice, but instead of an owl, shouldn't the cover illustration be a pirate?
Totally agree. R is pure pirate energy. Half the functions are hidden on purpose, the other half only work if you chant the right incantation while facing the CRAN mirror at dawn.
If you started with SAS for statistics like I did, you'd see how absolutely civilized R is in comparison.
Yes but today I find little to no benefit over python