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Data Science Wars: R vs Python

May 13, 2015 By editor

A common question from those starting out on a data science career is “Should I learn R or Python?” Both are very popular in the data science community and, as ever, the answer is, “It depends.”

The DataCamp Blog has published an infographic that contrasts the two languages in an attempt to assist those faced with this choice.

Of course, you could always just learn both—and SQL.

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