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by mushufasa 199 days ago
To pre-empt critics of R, remember: R is a lisp!
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But with a much more human legible syntax that doesn’t require huge numbers of nested parentheses.

    `+`(1,2)
is a valid R call for anyone wondering
So is this:

    `(`(1)
Bonus points: Find a use for having the parenthesis be a function.
Sneaking some very devious stuff into a friend's .Rprofile when they're not looking
That's pure evil