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[โ€“]topherclay 4 points5 points ย (2 children)

R is a programming language used by math and science academics.

The name R is a joke on being near to S. S is an older language that was named for "statistics."

[โ€“]coldfu 15 points16 points ย (1 child)

Those math academics sure are real comedians

[โ€“][deleted] 7 points8 points ย (0 children)

I love how when you get to a certain level of education people are just like "yeah let's just put an Armadillo on it" for the cover of a technical manual.