Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis

Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis by mbreese on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @09:42AM (#10386537)

> what's wrong with comparing R to Pandas/Numpy

Absolutely nothing.

I was referring to the article title that is was an R vs. Python comparison. Python is so much more in terms of a general purpose language than R is. Similarly, R is much more in terms of stats (built-in) than Python. I just thought that it would be more accurate to call the article an R vs. Pandas/NumPy comparison.

Even though both of them need an extra plotting library to make publication quality plots. Matplotlib isn't bad by any means - and it's gotten better over the years. But R/ggplot2 produces nicer plots (IMO). I'm not sure that I'd export data from Python into R just for ggplot, but I might.

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Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis by nicolapede on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @11:36AM (#10387201)

Thanks for the clarification. I am sorry I had got your comment in the wrong way.

I am not that familiar with ggplot myself, but I'll give it a go as soon as I'll have the chance.

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