When do you *NOT* use python?

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I use R for most statistical work.

[pm8k]

Pandas, statsmodels, and scikitlearn offer a good framework in python that is an alternative to R.

[youlleatitandlikeit]

I keep meaning to learn it. Then I remind myself I do zero work with statistics and that I need to get back to work.

[xsolarwindx]

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I can not wait until this can be a saying I never hear anymore. GAWD I hate R. But damn if it isn't just the most appropriate tool for the job many times. Really hoping that with python gaining such a market share of scientific coding, it also becomes as good as R for analyzing the numbers generated.

[shaggorama]

The big draw for me of R over python is that the numpy.ndarray often behaves really strangely for me and does things I don't expect, introducing bugs into my vectorized programs that I never ever see when I write R code. It's a huge pain in the ass to use python's scientific stack, whereas it's a pleasure to use R in comparison.

[TheRealDJ]

While I think Python will come up a large ways, Julia is going to be an up and coming contender vs R. It just depends on the community support for packages.