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The problem with RStudio is that it uses R, which while excellent at numerical calculations, is terrible at everything else - data parsing, string munging, file
by 323 5y ago
The problem with RStudio is that it uses R, which while excellent at numerical calculations, is terrible at everything else - data parsing, string munging, file processing, ...
As the joke goes: The best thing about R is that it's designed by statisticians. The worst thing about R is that it's designed by statisticians.
- alexilliamson 5y agoRStudio has pretty amazing python support now FYI
- mellavora 5y agoevidence that R is terrible at everything else? specifically "data parsing", "string munging", and "file processing"? I've used R extensively for all of these, and having recently re-visited the python world don't see any advantage that Python has over R for any of these tasks.