[Barry Rowlingson] > Even my great dream that R and Python eventually merge into the same > language? R gets Python's syntax and Object-oriented functions and > Python gets access to all R's statistical functions?
R is more than a statistical library. I'm coming to R with a strong Python background, and first thought I would mainly use R through Python. But soon, the R language revealed a few interesting features that Python does not offer, and which are very appropriate in R context. For example, vectorisation is built-in (yet available on the Python side through Numeric or Numarray extensions). R also holds interesting (useful and flexible) ideas about argument passing and matching, lazy evaluation, and environments. And surely other things as well. -- François Pinard http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
