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 print r.ourNumeric len(r.ourString) #add the two values together, since one is a float and one is an integer, this is an addition #operation, not a concatenation. print r.ourNumeric + ...

More people will find their way to Python for data science workloads, but there’s a case to for making R and Python complementary, not competitive. Image: iStock/monsitj.

Likewise you don’t have to install an extension for Positron to run Python. In fact, you’re cautioned not to install the usual VS Code extensions for R and Python in Positron, since the IDE ...

Statistical programming language R has fallen off Tiobe index's list of the 20 most popular languages, having spent three years in the top tier. Tiobe now places R in 21st position and suggests ...

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 ...

The Shift Toward R, Python, AI And ML In Statistical Programming. The traditional dominance of SAS in clinical programming is evolving as companies explore the integration of R, Python and AI ...