[meztez]

It came down to IDE, workflow and data.table.

RStudio is an absolute killer solution from the get go. Package management in R is simple and robust. Shiny is the new Excel pivot table on performance enhancing code.

Python has more contributors, more users. It also creates a lot more noise. Business people may feel like it is a a programmer tool. R feel more approachable.

In the end, both are great solutions but we decided on R because we believe in the people contributing to the ecosystem, mostly RStudio. Somewhere down the line, there might be a transition to julia.

[klelatti]

Thanks - really interesting, especially on the RStudio point.