{"id":6157,"date":"2019-08-08T13:14:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/?p=6157"},"modified":"2019-08-08T13:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:14:15","slug":"python-vs-the-r-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2019\/python-vs-the-r-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Python vs the ‘R’ Programming language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another fatality in the war of ‘generalized’ vs. ‘specialized’?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A ZDnet article<\/a> claims that the R programming language is on the decline, even in the face of a boom in statistical jobs, thanks in large part to devs and programmers using Python as the go-to language. We spoke to Kevin, one of our freelance developers and friendly pirate for confirmation and his reply was, “…yes, that is correct.” – Kevin is a consummate professional and doesn’t like to mix his freelance work with his other ventures in privateering and high-seas chicanery (long walk to get to that joke, but I get paid by the hour…).

Why should this not be surprising? (the R language thing, not the fact we have a pirate working for us). We would imagine, “that the people who love the R programming language will argue (and perhaps quite rightly), that R is better than Python in certain areas.” Well, we’ve said it in past articles and we’ll say it again here, “Open technologies\/open languages that have more flexibility for you; easier to work with, they typically win out even over more ‘performante’ technology or languages.”

The VLOG is short but sweet and touches on the importance of the previous statement\/lesson. Check it out and while you’re at it, look into our Python course that we offer in the links down below. In the words of Kevin, “Yarrr, there be no regrets here, because regrets are for the dead…”. Good guy, that Kevin…went to his wedding 2 months ago: amazing venue…
-Enjoy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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