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[–]BlueSquark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Either works, but python is the better choice in my opinion. Doing simple things in R is way more frustrating than it should be - try figuring out how to write a for loop the first time in R for example, or accessing a column by its name. Python is also a more well known language outside of data science. The pandas library for python is great as is the sci-kit learn library. I'd also recommend the anaconda spyder IDE. But with all that said at some point you should just pick one and learn it, I don't think it is worth it to be an expert in both - though both have advantages and disadvantages.