When I first saw that comic, my thought was "where would APL fit in that graph?" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language))
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 2:00 AM, peter dalgaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 20 Dec 2013, at 18:53 , Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> SAS uses words. R uses symbols. >> >> See this: >> http://xkcd.com/1306/ >> >> (Yes, I know IML uses plenty of symbols. It's just supposed to be funny. >> And somewhat true.) >> > > Actually, R is on par with C++ when it comes to _prefixed_ symbols like > #missedthepoint, which is what the XKCD strip is about. In terms of general > operators, SAS would be approaching COBOL (famous for "ADD YEARS TO AGE" like > construct) were it not for the DATA step and the %MACRO language. > > (The preceding XKCD (1305) is quite nice, by the way.) > >> -- >> Kevin Wright >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- > Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > Phone: (+45)38153501 > Email: [email protected] Priv: [email protected] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. [email protected] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
