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westerman · 05-16-2016, 08:17 AM

I agree with Mastal: both are useful. What is even more useful is to learn hoe to use the existing libraries in both languages. Instead of writing ones own code learn how to find and use pre-existing code. For example I limp along in de novo R programming but knowing that Bioconductor exists I can do a lot in R.

05-16-2016, 08:17 AM	#3
westerman Rick Westerman Location: Purdue University, Indiana, USA Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,104	I agree with Mastal: both are useful. What is even more useful is to learn hoe to use the existing libraries in both languages. Instead of writing ones own code learn how to find and use pre-existing code. For example I limp along in de novo R programming but knowing that Bioconductor exists I can do a lot in R.