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

[Lance Hassan]

Just checked link cuz I know a lot of R programmers who would really love to ignore what apparently is more op-ed than informative but alas...

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But I also noticed an article on the waning of PHP, PHP has been waning for a long time according to just about everyone who doesn't program with it... but don't tell that to the WordPress people who power about 22% of the small business and personal websites out there...

To quote:
Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone.--Douglas Adams


Thank You,
Lance Hassan
Roy Talman and Associates

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chicago [mailto:chicago-bounces+lance=roytalman.com at python.org] On Behalf Of John Blischak
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 9:46 AM
To: The Chicago Python Users Group
Subject: Re: [Chicago] Hey, I'm just reporting here...

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

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