[patrick_99]

I've always used R for analysis, but using Python opens up the world of PySpark and more scalable ML environments. I think long term Python will become more prevalent in Data science for this reason.

[stewbrew]

It's somehow funny to mention a scala-based solution as a strength of Python. Why not use Java/Scala directly along with R?

[falaki]

Have you looked into SparkR?

[hadley]

Or sparklyr