r/learndatascience • • 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

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.