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Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis on Thursday October 15, 2015 @04:27PM (#10395761)
Statsmodels has tons of model diagnostic...and there is no R equivalent to Pymc3 (stan has less capability and worse API)
Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis on Thursday October 15, 2015 @04:24PM (#10395748)
Ggplot for python is almost done. there is an active dev branch
Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @09:19PM (#10390743)
I think this numpy successor may put some weight in favor of python: https://speakerdeck.com/izaid/dynd
Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @08:36PM (#10390557)
Please write a blog post when you are done?! This will be huge :)
Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @01:43PM (#10388108)
You can beat scala and approach c in python, with python syntax, using numba. It compiles numerical python code.
Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @01:37PM (#10388068)
There is a gpplot clone in python. Also bokeh is starting to develop a grammar of graphics interface. Then there is seaborn and mbplot. Lots of stuff besides mplotlib