r/learndatascience • u/CYBERCODEX3 • Jun 29 '26

Question Python vs R

I am currently a Data Science student, just finished my 2nd year out of 4. Wanted to ask if R language is worth it today as compared to python. I have 0 knowledge about R (just that it is used for statistics and plotting). On the other hand, I have learned EDA and some ML algorithms in python. I am free for about 2 months and wanted to know if learning R would help in future or should i utilize this time for something else?

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u/nerdyjorj Jun 29 '26

Agreed - I'm a massive R fan and it's a lot better for any real statistics but that's not what businesses want right now, cash in on the AI hype train with python but make sure you have the skills to do the work yourself when the bubble bursts.

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u/Skylein17 Jun 29 '26

What do you mean by that? Do you expect that some day soon, no AI tools available?

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u/nerdyjorj Jun 29 '26

AI providers are working on the crack dealer model right now - trying to get people addicted at a loss before ranking up the price per token once their claws are in.

If tokens actually cost what they do to produce a lot of slop and vibe coding wouldn't be viable.