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		gaius on Dec 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Python library for functional programming I think the %x% style is baked into R to differentiate built in and custom infix operators - %>% comes from Tidyverse IIRC.

alsocasey on Dec 14, 2017 | [–]

Originated in the 'magrittr' package. The early tidyverse used a different pipe before depending on magrittr's version.

huac on Dec 14, 2017 | [–]

I don't think so. `%in%` is built into R (or at least in the base package).

gaius on Dec 14, 2017 | [–]

I mean, I don't think there is a way to implement |> in R

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