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by tpoacher 1773 days ago
I'm not. If anything, these days R is evolving much faster than Python in this field.
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Any particular reason why you think so? Any particular field where you think R is going ahead of Python?

For Statistical methods, R was always ahead.

I use Python daily, but I still find the way R / Tidyverse handles df manipulations much more user-friendly and efficient. My understanding is that R has a health ecosystem of packages for dealing with spectrometry data. It is not field so I am not speaking from experience.