This led some pundits to declare the demise of R. Dice Insights, an online publication connected to the popular tech salary site, declared that R was one of five languages that are “probably doomed” ...

More people will find their way to Python for data science workloads, but there’s a case to for making R and Python complementary, not competitive. Image: iStock/monsitj.

It’s easy to automate the creation of Word documents with Quarto, a free, open-source technical publishing system that works with R, Python, and other programming languages.

Tiobe now places R in 21st position and suggests the language isn't benefiting as much as Python from the boom in data science and machine learning. Both languages have become popular among data ...

Likewise you don’t have to install an extension for Positron to run Python. In fact, you’re cautioned not to install the usual VS Code extensions for R and Python in Positron, since the IDE ...