(I just realised that my previous comment may have come out as rude, I'm sorry for that. I was typing in a hurry and it came out a bit dry). Yes I agree with y

(I just realised that my previous comment may have come out as rude, I'm sorry for that. I was typing in a hurry and it came out a bit dry). Yes I agree with your points, what I was trying to convey in my comment is that, since Spark is not a programming language, I think that comparing it to Python or R is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison. The other point that I was trying to make is that both of those languages could be described as first-class citizens within the Spark ecosystem.