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Stata and R are somewhat similar in that both are modular. Each comes with a single “binary” executable file and a large number of individual functions or commands. These are text files that users can modify in a text editor. Both applications come with their own built-in text editors, and both allow the use of outside text editors as well.
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Muenchen, R.A., Hilbe, J.M. (2010). Installing and Updating R. In: R for Stata Users. Statistics and Computing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1318-0_2
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