What are the Best Machine Learning Packages in R? R-bloggers

The most common question asked by prospective data scientists is – "What is the best programming language for Machine Learning?" The answer to this question always results in a debate whether to choose R, Python or MATLAB for Machine Learning. Nobody can, in reality, answer the question as to whether Python or R is best language for Machine Learning. However, the programming language one should choose for machine learning directly depends on the requirements of a given data problem, the likes and preferences of the data scientist and the context of machine learning activities they want to perform. According to a survey on Kaggler's Favourite Tools, the open source R programming language turned out to be the favourite among 543 Kagglers of the 1714 Kaggler's listing their data science tools.