settled a bet than python
is better for this kind of stuff.
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Subject: Re: [R] OT: any recommendation for scripting language
Dear Experts,
Thank you so much for your opinions. I probably will go with python.
Following your suggestion, I started reading some tutorials but have a
quick question. In the sense of statistical computing, is there
anything that can be easily done with python but not with SAS/R? Could
you
On 12/30/06, Wensui Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Experts,
Thank you so much for your opinions. I probably will go with python.
Following your suggestion, I started reading some tutorials but have a
quick question. In the sense of statistical computing, is there
anything that can be
Its easier to write command line filters using perl/python/gawk than R.
Its possible in R but awkward as there is no good way (platform
independent,easy to use) of referring to stdin data.
Something as simple as
gawk 1
which just copies its input to its output is pretty awkward in R. What
R
Wensui Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Right now, I am using SAS and S+/R. As a new year resolution, I am
planning to learn a scripting language.
from statisticians' point of view, which scripting language is worth
to learn, perl, python, or any other recommendation? (Most likely, I
will be
On 12/23/06, Wensui Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if you recommend one, I will really appreciate it if you could point
out a good source for learning as well.
We have found Python to be the perfect choice for our work. Python is
a high-level, cross-platform language that is easy to learn/write
On 12/23/06, Wensui Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
from statisticians' point of view, which scripting language is worth
to learn, perl, python, or any other recommendation? (Most likely, I
will be learning it in windows.) Since I am not in research, I will
prefer one widely used in industry and
Right now, I am using SAS and S+/R. As a new year resolution, I am
planning to learn a scripting language.
from statisticians' point of view, which scripting language is worth
to learn, perl, python, or any other recommendation? (Most likely, I
will be learning it in windows.) Since I am not in
I used gawk and perl prior to using R but as I got more proficient in
R I found I could do just about everything in R itself and have largely
forgotten perl at this point and rarely use gawk either. I must say
I never liked perl and if python were more mature back then I
probably would have used
Wensui Liu wrote:
Right now, I am using SAS and S+/R. As a new year resolution, I am
planning to learn a scripting language.
from statisticians' point of view, which scripting language is worth
to learn, perl, python, or any other recommendation? (Most likely, I
will be learning it in
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