Syntax. Python has a nice clear “English-like” syntax that makes debugging and understanding code easier, while R has unconventional syntax that can be tricky to understand, especially if you ...

But, Python and R also bring their own unique strengths to data science, making it harder to decide which to use. R vs. Python: The main differences.

It’s easy to automate the creation of Word documents with Quarto, a free, open-source technical publishing system that works with R, Python, and other programming languages.

The Python Package Index (PyPI) currently has over 183,000 projects, greatly outnumbering R packages available on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). According to CRAN, there are 14,385 ...

As much as I love R, it’s clear that Python is also a great language—both for data science and general-purpose computing. And there can be good reasons an R user would want to do some things ...

Python's saving grace can be found within the original premise above: all other things being equal, shorter code is more likely to be bug-free. When you combine Python's dynamic typing with its ...