Why is the default response to questions about SAS always "Learn R"?

[khaotangs]

I understand the value and utility of R and very much favor it over SAS since it doesn't require me to google every single bit of syntax to write a code, but I don't understand why the default response to any questions about SAS in this sub and datascience is to "just learn R". SAS is hardly a dead language given its sheer popularity in government, pharmaceuticals, and banking, and I just can't seem to understand why any question that involves SAS ends up resulting in the same answer, even if the question didn't mention R anywhere. Is there some kind of joke I missed or something?

[PaigeMiller]

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