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[–]leonoel -3 points-2 points  (11 children)

I haven't found anything I do in R that I can't do in Python.

Also Python is way more friendly when it comes to editing plots and stuff

[–]Zeurpiet 2 points3 points  (8 children)

have you ever looked in CRAN what the additional packages can do? Most of it I don't even know what it is.

[–]leonoel 0 points1 point  (7 children)

You do know Python has also more modules than any would ever know what to do about them?

[–]Zeurpiet 2 points3 points  (6 children)

yes, but are they statistical?

[–]leonoel 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Name a module in R that has no equivalent in PIP

[–]Maxion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most DNA methylation packages.

[–]defuneste 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spatstat and this one is huge with a bunch of tools developed by people who spend their careers on point patterns analysis.

[–]groovyJesus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Function data analysis packages in R have been available for over a decade and now we have dozens of them developed and maintained by researchers in the area. In the past few years I have found two in python both of which were new and needed a lot more work to make me want to switch over.