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, ...

The language R is in the midst of a sizzling resurgence this summer. One might hypothesize that this growth is coming at the expense of Python, by far the dominant language for data science. But some ...

Reticulate is a handy way to combine Python and R code. The reticulate help page suggests that the tool allows for: “Calling Python from R in a variety of ways including R Markdown, sourcing Python ...

But data science is a specific field, so while Python is emerging as the most popular language in the world, R still has its place and has advantages for those doing data analysis. Hoping to settle ...

Data analytics software provider Periscope Data Inc. is updating its Unified Data Platform with support for the Python and R programming languages, as well as the Structured Query Language that’s used ...

The June update to Apache Spark brought support for R, a significant enhancement that opens the big data platform to a large audience of new potential users. Support for R in Spark 1.4 also gives ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Last month, McKinney announced the founding of Ursa Labs, an innovation group intended to improve data-science tools. McKinney will ...