I’ve been meaning to do a comparison of lab zero between the two.
I’ve only had the chance to look over the Python lab for a few minutes, but compared to what I remember from the R labs, it is much, much more involved and longer.
I know HN likes to complain about how difficult and confusing R is, but I think that it is an easier language for beginners or stat inclined people to start doing statistical work in.
Python is more natural for programmers learning statistics/ML. R is more natural for statisticians learning programming. Which is not too surprising, since those were the audiences each language was intended for. I think it's good to be accepting of both, and use the one that works better for a given task.
I’ve only had the chance to look over the Python lab for a few minutes, but compared to what I remember from the R labs, it is much, much more involved and longer.
I know HN likes to complain about how difficult and confusing R is, but I think that it is an easier language for beginners or stat inclined people to start doing statistical work in.
/two cents