The best replacement for glm is anova.

The best alternatives to glm are rated as following:
★★★★★  anova
★★★  lm
★★★  proc mixed
★★★  gam
★★  ols
★  eigen
★  glmm
★  logistic regression
★  mixed
★  genmod
★  glmnet
★  proc anova
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Speaking about glm, one probably shouldn't forget about negative binomial in r.

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