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Re:Another reason you should learn to code: Python for Excel by hudibras on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:40AM (#4091158)
"I can see using R as a gateway to other programming languages."

So true. A fairly common path is Excel to VBA to RExcel to R to C++. R is great for exploring and prototyping but then C++ is often used to hard-wire the final R code for speed.

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