[mjhay]

The poetry equivalent would be renv.

R is a highly functional language modeled after Scheme. In many ways it's more powerful than python, especially due to its metaprogramming capabilities. It's possible to write maintainable, readable, high-quality code in R (just look at the Tidyverse[0] libraries). The issue is that the user base is mostly scientists and statisticians, and they just don't.

The bioinformatics space seems especially dire with dumpster fires like Bioconductor.

[0] https://www.tidyverse.org/