[gcmac]

Go write a couple hundred lines of R (please don't actually do this R is atrocious imo) and then you'll understand why '=' is used instead of '<-' - because it's a pain in the ass, even with hotkeys

[haZard_OS]

Hey, hey, hey! R IDEs give plenty of options which utterly mitigate such alleged difficulties:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1741820/what-are-the-dif...

[abhishekjha]

R has = as well which has been working equivalently for me so far. Any caveats?