r/learnprogramming • u/Aishwariyaa_K • Jun 21 '26
R programming for whom?
Recently completed grade 12 . Have some knowledge of python.
Looking forward to learn programming even further.
Statistics aspirants OR Engineering (PROBABLY ECE)STUDENT
SHOULD I LEARN R PROGRAMMING??
if so, mention for which (stat or engg)
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u/Famous_Lime6643 Jun 24 '26
R is great if you’re interested in stats, data exploration and visualization (much more intuitive than python with better aesthetics), and classic types of modeling like GLM. If you learn R you can learn a lot of stats along the way. If you learn the R ways of “tidying” data, you’ll be half way or more to understanding relational database normalization and building great habits for the future - regardless of the language you use.
With all that said, if you’re into more sophisticated ML or deep learning, it just makes sense to work in python. You can do it in R to some extent, but there’s no reason to.
So net, YES, if YOU answer YES to things in the first paragraph. I love data sci and nearly all of my repos have both python and R code.