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Learning new programing language (Python or R)?

  • May 29, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    #343027

    I'm quite good at SQL and T-SQL and am interested to learn a programming language.

    What would you recommend learning out of Python and R? I do minor data analytical work, though will likely move into data analytics down the track. What would you recommend and why?

  • May 29, 2017 at 11:49 pm

    #1944521

    Why not play with each one and decide for yourself? R support is already built into SQL Server.

  • May 30, 2017 at 1:20 am

    #1944523

    And Python will be usable in the next version of SQL Server (2017)

    I decided to start with R, and then pick up Python later

    Gail Shaw
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