R and Python already had access SQL Server, of course, but only if running externally, and thus transferring data queried from the SQL Server to the machine running the code.

Features to automate cross-language access and calculations in SQL, Python and R programming have been added. Libraries added to R programming permit SQL queries and Python syntax without changing ...

This led some pundits to declare the demise of R. Dice Insights, an online publication connected to the popular tech salary site, declared that R was one of five languages that are “probably doomed” ...

Tiobe analysts contend that R's decline in its index signals a consolidation of the market for statistical programming languages, and the winner of this shift is Python.

Whereas R is growing in popularity across scientific disciplines, Python’s strength stems from its popularity within computer science as a general-purpose programming language. Interest in Python in ...

Analysis using SQL or Python. Capabilities include SQL to charts, SQL to Python to charts, and SQL to R to charts, coming soon.