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R vs Python for Data Science
- joshuaellinger 5y agoPython has really extensive libraries. Here is the Nearest Neighbor one I've used in the past: https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.neighbors.NearestNeighbors.html https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.ne.... ... Prior articles I've read point to R's startup time and memory footprint as disadvantages relative to Python. I don't have any experience with R so I'm not in a position to comment on it personally.