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Have you used, or are you using, the R programming language?

Survey period: 28 Jan 2019 to 4 Feb 2019

It ranks 12th in the TIOBE index and eats big data for breakfast.

OptionVotes% 
It's my primary programming language322.77
I use it regularly221.90
I use it occasionally373.20
I have used it776.67
I've looked at it and may use it796.84
I've thought about using it11910.30
No, and aren't sure I will34529.87
No and can't see I ever will44438.44



 
GeneralRe: I have used it and Pin
Ender Yemenicioglu28-Jan-19 20:48
professionalEnder Yemenicioglu28-Jan-19 20:48 
GeneralMissing answer: What the elephant is the R programming language? Pin
Johnny J.27-Jan-19 22:32
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den2k8828-Jan-19 1:53
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ScottM128-Jan-19 23:14
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CullyLine29-Jan-19 3:55
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Kevin McFarlane30-Jan-19 2:59
Kevin McFarlane30-Jan-19 2:59 
You need to care if you're in the machine learning space. Python and R are the two dominant languages. Also stats and Big Data.

However, despite all the MS machine learning tech, I rarely see advertised jobs containing both the typical MS stack plus machine learning.

But I have played a bit with the R Tools for Visual Studio, which is a quite good implementation. R itself is a bit weird as a language, though good for its domain.

You can also use R via F#.
Kevin

GeneralI thought it was only used... PinPopular
OriginalGriff27-Jan-19 21:52
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