R is certainly a unique language, but when it comes to statistics I haven&#x27;t seen anything else that compares.  Often I see this R vs Python comparison being made (not that this particular article has that slant) as a come drink the Python kool-aid; it tastes better.<p>Yes; Python is a better general purpose language.  It is inferior though when it comes specifically to statistical analysis. Personally I don&#x27;t even try to use R as a general purpose language. I use it for data processing, statistics, and static visualizations.  If I want dynamic visualizations I process in R then typically do a hand off to JavaScript and use D3.<p>Another clear advantage of R is that it is embedded into so many other tools.  Ruby, C++, Java, Postgres, SQL Server (2016); I&#x27;m sure there are others.