1/ I've seen this sentiment a few times recently, and it's making #pythonista me worried. I think our community is kind and friendly. But, I also think, "what community?" Python has lots of them, and it may be harder to navigate than R which is a lot more narrowly-focused. https://twitter.com/jdossgollin/status/1110217703955021824 …
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2/ Is this a problem? Where do things break down? What are your experiences? How can we it feel more welcoming?
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Replying to @generativist
I don't think the Python community is necessarily unfriendly, but I'd suppose that the likelihood of encountering an unfriendly Python user is greater than an unfriendly R user. Part of that is the history, as others have mentioned. Python was built by programmers for programmers
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Replying to @brentauble @generativist
While R was built by statisticians for statisticians, so the focus is naturally narrower, allowing for easier community feel, but it's more than just that. Think about the user experience for new programmers in each language. In both cases, it's simple syntax, without a lot of
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Replying to @brentauble @generativist
I think a lot of this might also be ignoring R's past. The R community was a pretty nasty, unwelcoming place for beginners until a few high-profile people decided to try and change it
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Oh very very true. The worst experience I had in grad school was with a guy at a conference who was a contributor to a big R package.
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