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ISlingStocks t1_ivr38zl wrote

Reply to comment by OutrageousSundae8270 in Matlab deep learning skills as good as python? by Specialist_Sample_23

This was extremely helpful. What are your thoughts on R? Similar to MATLAB? My understanding is R is great with statistical analysis (therefore shouldn't be shocked that is has robust deep learning capabilities) but Python is just so much more utilized because of the community as whole.

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OutrageousSundae8270 t1_ivr463t wrote

From my perspective, R is great for certain tasks (more related to classical machine learning and statistical analysis as you have mentioned). There are several libraries that have demonstrably better implementations in R than Python (lme4 comes to mind).

I will have to circle back to the same point regarding deep learning and Python. Whilst R does offer deep learning capabilities in its modern iterations, the uptake of using R in such a fashion pales in comparison to the uptake of Python, so the same comment I made about MATLAB still applies.

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ISlingStocks t1_ivr574c wrote

Thanks for the thorough response! I'll have to check out lme4.

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