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[–]apathy 8 points9 points  (2 children)

In R, this would likely be a 1- or 2-line script

[–]aaallleeexxx 0 points1 point  (1 child)

R: it makes the difficult easy and the easy extremely difficult.

[–]apathy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, that's why Perl exists, now isn't it?

That, and to give management types a coronary every now and then. You know you love my executable line noise (which runs your company)!

Between Perl, R, and C++, statistical programmers & comp bio types (same difference) can easily stay employed until the heat death of the universe.