Miles McBain @milesmcbain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026R really is just a Lisp reskin. If you read through SICP you can go through chapter by chapter ticking off R’s features which makes me think this possibly resembles the R inception story. 110
Miles McBain @milesmcbain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Like Ross is literally working through SICP and at one point goes “huh. I wonder if I can make it do stats?’ 100
Miles McBain @milesmcbain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Big difference is obviously macros. But they worked damned hard to keep “the code is just data” philosophy that underpins macros. 011
