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The problem with domain-specific systems like R is that, as software systems, you can't "hack" them far outside of their contraints. Integration into other sys
by programnature 15y ago
The problem with domain-specific systems like R is that, as software systems, you can't "hack" them far outside of their contraints.
Integration into other systems (like the web, or robust big-data pipelines) can't be taken for granted. Doing "standard" stuff becomes nonstandard, thus hacking can hit a wall.
- simonw 15y agoR is open source, and there are plenty of "bridges" to talk to it from other languages (e.g. http://rpy.sourceforge.net/ http://rpy.sourceforge.net/ )