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R-Ladies Philly 🔔 is thrilled to host "C for R users" by ✨Ella Kaye✨ on Tuesday, July 1 at 12pm EST. Hope you can join us! 💜 🤗 #rstats #rladies www.meetup.com/rladies-phil...

meetup.comLunch&Learn with Ella Kaye: C for R users, Tue, Jul 1, 2025, 12:00 PM | MeetupMuch of base R is written in C. As R users, we may encounter this code when debugging our own code. As R contributors, we may wish to propose patches to the C code if we di

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Bargain bin catgirl

@edivimo.bsky.social

23 June 2025

Sounds nice, but what if I'm scared of C? C is first in the alphabet compared to R, so is older than R and because is made with only 1 trace is more low level than R that is made with 2 traces.

Shannon Pileggi

@pipinghotdata.com

23 June 2025

Description: Much of base R is written in C. As R users, we may encounter this code when debugging our own code. As R contributors, we may wish to propose patches to the C code if we discover a bug. In any case, learning a new language can be fun and rewarding! I'll give an example of how,

Shannon Pileggi

@pipinghotdata.com

23 June 2025

with only a little C knowledge, it was possible to add a new feature into the language (specifying colours with three-digit hex codes). Finally, I’ll discuss various initiatives from the R Contribution Working Group and show how you, too, can get involved in contributing to base R.