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 please give such an example? Wish you all have a happy new year! wensui On 12/23/06, 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 learning it in windows.) Since I am not in research, I will > prefer one widely used in industry and related to statistical work. > > if you recommend one, I will really appreciate it if you could point > out a good source for learning as well. > > thank you so much! > > Have a happy holiday. > > wensui > -- WenSui Liu A lousy statistician who happens to know a little programming (http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog) ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
