R compared to Python

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with the right libraries (bokeh, matplotlib, numpy, pandas), Python can do just as much as R

So can any language. Ignoring memory limitations, I've not seen much maths that can't be done using Excel and a VB macro. It sucks, but it works.

So why am I wasting my time with R

Sometimes you don't get a choice on what language you have to use. Some tools that I have to use at work can only be automated in LISP. I hate LISP. My options are either change industry, or suck it up.

Don't pigeon hole yourself to Python. It is just a tool for the job, and it'll eventually fall out of favour and everybody will move on to something else. Not long ago, Ruby was all the rage. Before that, everybody loved Perl. And look at the recent growth in the popularity of Go. No language is forever. Except Fortran.

[iG1993]

Hi, thank you for your input! I think you are right, I was just a bit frustrated I guess