R vs Python: What are the main differences? Your email has been sent More people will find their way to Python for data science workloads, but there’s a case to for making R and Python complementary, ...

Why write SQL queries when you can get an LLM to write the code for you? Query NFL data using querychat, a new chatbot component that works with the Shiny web framework and is compatible with R and ...

Java can handle large workloads, and even if it hits limitations, peripheral JVM languages such as Scala and Kotlin can pick up the slack. But in the world of data science, Java isn't always the go-to ...

Statistical programming language R has climbed back up to 8th place in Tiobe's latest programming language popularity index, just behind JavaScript and up from 20th position last July. In May, when R ...

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R language for statistical computing moves up in the Tiobe index of language popularity, while Rust and Kotlin also gain COVID-19, previously cited as a possible factor in boosting the popularity of ...