"R is very popular with stats people but new PhD candidates are beginning to write python implementations of R things (sort of how like DataFrames/pandas happened)."
People have been saying this since I was an undergraduate.
> People have been saying this since I was an undergraduate.
> I'm submitting my tenure packet this year.
That doesn't mean it isn't happening. If anything, the fact that the rate of adoption is slow over a long period of time would tell me that there's more stating power here. If suddenly 20% used python that would be a warning sign. If there was .5% year over year for decades.... That's different.
> R dropped from 8th place in January 2018 to become the 20th most popular language... At its peak in January 2018, R had a popularity rating of about 2.6%. But today it’s down to 0.8%, according to the TIOBE index.
People have been saying this since I was an undergraduate.
I'm submitting my tenure packet this year.