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 ...

When it comes to choosing a programming language, there really are only two choices if you’re working with data. For data science, machine learning, statistics, IoT technology and even automation, the ...

Here’s how the general-purpose favorite of scientists stacks up against the stat head’s data-honed tool of choice The boss’s boss looks out across the server farm and sees data—petabytes and petabytes ...

As I frequently travel in data science circles, I’m hearing more and more about a new kind of tech war: Python vs. R. I’ve lived through many tech wars in the past, e.g. Windows vs. Linux, iPhone vs.