Though Python has proved more popular than R, that doesn’t mean it’s always better. As with most things in technology, it depends on what you’re hoping to accomplish.

The Python Package Index (PyPI) currently has over 183,000 projects, greatly outnumbering R packages available on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). According to CRAN, there are 14,385 ...

Harnham said that Python was now the top programming language used in data science, "with R falling firmly into second place." The remaining top-five data science technologies were SQL, AWS and Spark.

If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

Whether transitioning from biostatistics, software engineering or a broader STEM field, developing programming expertise—especially in the Statistical Analysis System (SAS), R, Python ...