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Primary programming language for Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science tasks: R, Python, or Other


 
  
Your primary programming language for Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science tasks: [512 voters]

2015 primary programming language:
R (and its packages) (263)  51% (of 2015 votes)
Python (including scikit-learn and other libraries) (151)  29%
Other (Java, MATLAB, SAS, Scala, etc ) (89)  17%
none (9)  1.8%
2014 primary programming language:
R (and its packages) (237)  46% (of 2014 votes)
Python (including scikit-learn and other libraries) (117)  23%
Other (Java, MATLAB, SAS, Scala, etc ) (118)  23%
none (40)  7.8%
Here is a more detailed analysis:
R, Python users show surprising stability, but strong regional differences.

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