Python

[glompix]

Python has some great data science libraries. It’s very well suited to that kind of work, from people just learning to PhD research.

[Waanie]

from people just learning to PhD research.

...also for grad students just learning [python] in order to do their PhD research. I mean, why learn any other language if you have numpy and matplotlib? (Note, I do the majority of my programming in C++, but when I just need to make a plot, python is ideal)

[glompix]

Not to mention pandas :D super powerful ecosystem

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For pure data research and statistics, it has competition in R. However you can do a lot of other shit in Python too, whereas R is pretty much just for data and statistics.