Message-ID: <499B4126.3000408@etr-usa.com>
Date: 2009-02-17T22:58:46Z
From: Warren Young
Subject: Python and R
In-Reply-To: <499B3DEB.2000908@gmail.com>
Esmail Bonakdarian wrote:
>
> I am just wondering if any of you are doing most of your scripting
> with Python instead of R's programming language and then calling
> the relevant R functions as needed?
No, but if I wanted to do such a thing, I'd look at Sage:
http://sagemath.org/
It'll give you access to a lot more than just R.
> Is there much of a performance hit either way? (as both are interpreted
> languages)
Are you just asking, or do you have a particular execution time goal,
which if exceeded would prevent doing this? I ask because I suspect
it's the former, and fast enough is fast enough.