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> What non-spreadsheet programming languages/environments do you think work better than Python/Jupiter? RMarkdown + RStudio + knitr

• jdgoesmarching 6y ago
  I really wish Python had the kind of support for Markdown that R does. Notebooks are fine, but the simplicity of having essentially a plain text file is just amazing.
  • Something1234 6y ago
    Rmarkdown theoretically supports python. I haven't used it though.
    • vharuck 6y ago
      Knitr theoretically supports anything you can call from R. Chunks pass their code and options to "engine" functions that return the results. Knitr provides a bunch of engines out of the box (Python, awk, SQL). But you can also write your own. yihui.org/knitr/options/#language-engines I once made a SAS engine to show coworkers how to adopt report automation without having to rewrite all existing code.