@cboettig@kjhealy It is difficult, but possible, to communicate the best of both worlds together.
E.g.,
[R] > system("ls")
is my friend.
For example, I show my students how to do calls from external tools within R. Of course, it is also possible.
And the misunderstanding about R scripts and RStudio can only be confirmed. People think #RStudio is #rstats. Which, of course, is not quite right. When I show the students #RKWard, they always ask if the R/Rmd scripts run there too. 🙃
stevensanderson