[csirac2]

I don't disagree that Python's place in the ecosystem ("generalist" - i.e. load-bearing distro fossilization in everything from old binary linux distros, container layers, SIEM/SOAR products, serverless runtimes...) leads to much packaging complexity that R just doesn't have

However, Python (1991) is only 2 yrs older than R (1993)

[bugglebeetle]

Oh, my bad. I though R was quite a bit younger.

[disgruntledphd2]

And R is a clone of S which is from 1973.

[lanstin]

When people could design systems that work for long periods of time.