my lab mostly uses Python so yes there's established alternatives
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but I would use a different language for a different thing, of course. Horses for courses. I built my websites in
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jekyll, liquid, javascript, etc, my phd in C, my current stuff in python... If I had to purely do stats I'd use r.
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using only one language for everything is impossible.
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Replying to @o_guest @waterlego
Agree with you, and good coders can/should diversify. But what to teach new students/coding novices?
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Replying to @CraigPAArnold @waterlego
that's a very different blog post which I might write at some point.
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also a good coder by definition knows more than a couple languages and can pick up a new one in hours
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I learned r in an afternoon and c over 3 days — this is a privilege of the kind of training one gets in compsci
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I don't expect that in a psychology undergraduate
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Replying to @o_guest @waterlego
Ha, I was thinking at least masters student. Would love more coding (of any language) to be taught at undergrad though.
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it is in my dept and previous depts
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