Nature Interview: Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchers

Jeffrey M. Perkel interviewed me for Nature about how to choose a programming languages. Together with other computer scientists and bioinformaticians we address four key questions to help rookie coders to make the right choice.

“The user community is also a key consideration — Saibene says that’s one of the things she loves most about R. The language’s large, welcoming and engaged user community means that tools are developed and updated frequently; that local user groups exist around the world; and that tutorials and other resources are available in many spoken languages, including her native Spanish.”

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