R vs. Python for Data Science

Neither the base version of R nor Python have good support for multicore computation. Python’s multiprocessing package is not a good workaround, nor is R’s ‘parallel’ package. Given R’s magic metaprogramming features (code that produces code), computer scientists ought to be drooling over R.

Python is currently undergoing a transition from version 2.7 to 3.

Source: github.com