How the recent frontier LLM model releases compare for successfully generating R code, our take on the new Test Set data science podcast, and a surprising entry in the world of languages equipped for data science.
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Episode Links
- This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)
- 2025-12-05 AI Newsletter
- The Test Set: Now on YouTube + a look at what’s next
- Haskell IS a Great Language for Data Science
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W50
Supplement Resources
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- How well do LLMs generate R code (Shiny app) https://skaltman-model-eval-app.share.connect.posit.cloud/
- Python is not a great language for data science (Claus Wilke) Part 1 https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/python-is-not-a-great-language-for
- DataHaskell https://www.datahaskell.org/
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