Integration and Interoperability

R and Other Languages: R has increasingly integrated with other programming languages and tools. Packages like reticulate allow users to run Python code within R, facilitating cross-language workflows.
Data Science and Machine Learning: R has become a go-to tool for data scientists. Its packages for machine learning (like caret, mlr, and tidymodels) and its capabilities in data wrangling have made it indispensable in the field.