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by nerdponx 827 days ago
The whole magic is that expressions are in fact just objects in the language. And no, there aren't any immutable bindings here.
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It's crazy how literally R takes "Everything's an object." While parentheses can be treated like syntax when writing code, it's actually a function named `(`.

Of course, playing with magic sounds fun until you remember you're trying to tell a computer to do a specific set of steps. Then magic looks more like a curse.