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I guess python was around then but certainly not like it is now. I wonder if python 1 even had a regex library?

My lab, that does a mix of bioinformatics and population genetics, has people who know bash, python, and R. Honestly, I think bash is probably the one that gets used the most. So maybe my command line wouldn’t look that different to the ones used in the human genome project. Although technically I am using zsh most of the time.




Python was most definitely not mainstream. Even R was around, but it was called S, and pricey, and didn't have today's features.


Wow it is hard to imagine Ever paying for R. Its mass adoption in biostats is because it is free.




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