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Is R efficient for sentiment analysis?

I would like to explore more about sentiment analysis but I cannot decide if I should start a project in python or R. What would you suggest?

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Which R is the "best": base, Tidyverse or data.table?

As the R ecosystem continues to evolve, a question that keeps being asked is "Should I use base R, Tidyverse, or data.table?" There may be some aspects in which one approach may be ...

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What's your usual workflow working with VERY large datasets with limited memory

I recently changed work, and now I'm working mainly on large csv files (from 2 to 20) Giga bytes of size. The ram size of my computer is 16 GB, and I know that R loads all the data we are working with ...

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Have you used AI for R coding and has it been successful?

Recently I have mixed success with using AI to help with some programming tasks. I am defining success here as: the code output being correct and coding faster than me. Here is an example of AI giving ...

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Adding Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) to the R interpreter

Recently I did many Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) benchmarks on multiple projects (including interpreters and compilers like CPython, Rustc, Clang, Clangd, Clang Tidy, and many others) - the ...

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Where are other places for R discussions?

Where else is there to go for R discussion? I can think of: The R-help mailing lists - specialised into general R-help and the specialised dev lists, and also into special interest lists like R-...

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When to define a new generic and methods vs simple functions?

R has a somewhat special object-oriented ecosystem in which methods belong not to classes but instead to generic functions. This can be seen as a more functional object-oriented framework that plays ...

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A CppCast podcast interview with Dirk Eddelbuettel about RCPP (2022)

I found this interesting interview with Dirk Eddelbuettel when searching for podcast episodes about R Programming. Dirk talks about the history of R and the RCPP library. I want to share this with the ...

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Why does R not have the wider range of errors as seen in Python (ValueError, TypeError, IndexError, etc)

(To clarify upfront, I'm not trying to pass judgement on whether one system is better than the others. I'm just looking to understand the reasons for the differences and how it relates to each ...

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Is Web Assembly the Future of R?

As many of you are aware, WebR has entered the scene couple of months ago and I am eager to hear everyone's in-depth thoughts, potential concerns, and exciting possibilities that brings to the table. ...

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