[Chicago] Hey, I'm just reporting here...

[John Blischak]

As someone who enjoys using both Python and R, I do not find these
types of articles very informative. His thesis is that Python is
replacing R as the programming language for data science. But what
evidence does this data scientist present to support this bold claim?
Any **data**? None that I could find (I also didn't find any
compelling data in the few links that I followed, but please inform me
if I missed something). The author supports his argument with his own
personal opinion, the personal opinion of others, well-known
differences between Python and R (e.g. Python is more general purpose;
R is more niche), and disparaging statements (e.g. R is not a
programming language, which obviously isn't true otherwise the entire
premise of the article makes no sense).

Python and R both have their strengths and weaknesses. Use whichever
one you find best suited for any given task.

John

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://readwrite.com/2013/11/25/python-displacing-r-as-the-programming-language-for-data-science#
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