Using R is a bit akin to smoking. The beginning is difficult, one may get headaches and even gag the first few times. But in the long run, it becomes pleasurable and even addictive. Yet, deep down, for those willing to be honest, there is something not fully healthy in it.
Calling Emacs Lisp "python-like" is derogatory to Emacs Lisp. Python has some of the characteristics that make Lisp superior, but not all of them.
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For example, the following file: drivers/pcmcia/vrc4173_cardu.c contains the following code: INIT_WORK(&socket->tq_work, cardu_bh, socket);. The last time INIT_WORK took three arguments was Linux 2.6.19, so I think no one has been compiling this code recently.