DATA SCIENCE

Python vs. R — What to Choose for Data Science?

Detailed comparison of Python and R languages for use in Data Science

Mikhail Raevskiy
6 min readDec 8, 2020

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Python and R have long been the standard for Data Science. The essence of their opposition is that both languages ​​are great for working with statistics. While Python has clear syntax and a large number of libraries, the…

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Mikhail Raevskiy

Bioinformatician at Oncobox Inc. (@oncobox). Research Associate