The problem with RStudio is that it uses R, which while excellent at numerical calculations, is terrible at everything else - data parsing, string munging, file processing, ...
As the joke goes: The best thing about R is that it's designed by statisticians. The worst thing about R is that it's designed by statisticians.
specifically "data parsing", "string munging", and "file processing"?
I've used R extensively for all of these, and having recently re-visited the python world don't see any advantage that Python has over R for any of these tasks.
As the joke goes: The best thing about R is that it's designed by statisticians. The worst thing about R is that it's designed by statisticians.