Issue 2025-W50 Highlights

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. 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 Add links discussed in the episode (in place of this sentence) How well do LLMs generate R code (Shiny app) Python is not a great language for data science (Claus Wilke) Part 1 DataHaskell Supporting the show Use the contact page at to send us your feedback R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby , and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index. A new way to think about value: Get in touch with us on social media Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter) Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix Marble Dash - Sonic the Hedgehog - Joshua Morris - The Belmont Chill - Super Castlevania IV - Blak_Omen -

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This episode was published on Dec 10, 2025.

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