Arguing about which programming language is the best one is a favorite pastime among software developers. The tricky part, of course, is defining a set of criteria for "best." With software ...

The R programming language is an important tool for development in the numeric analysis and machine learning spaces. With machines becoming more important as data generators, the popularity of the ...

Statistical programming language R has fallen off Tiobe index's list of the 20 most popular languages, having spent three years in the top tier. Tiobe now places R in 21st position and suggests the ...

This story contains interviews with David Smith, chief community officer at Revolution Analytics; Casey Herron, data scientist at Revolution Analytics; Tess Nesbitt, director of analytics at DataSong; ...