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by bachmeier 3820 days ago
> R is really more a functional language which most people don't recognize and when they learn the standard core of R with Lisp inspired ideas it really throws them for a loop.

Just to clarify, R was initially a dialect of Scheme. On the other hand, with its frustrating silent type changes, you can see its S roots in the same place that gave us C and C++. That's quite a combination in terms of learning curve.

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There is Lisp-stuff in R not coming from Scheme. Like object system inspired by CLOS, FEXPRs from very old Lisps, ...