reticulate: R interface to Python

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We are pleased to announce the reticulate package, a comprehensive set of tools for interoperability between Python and R. The package includes facilities for:
Calling Python from R in a variety of ways including R Markdown, sourcing Python scripts, importing Python modules, and using Python interactively within an R session.
Translation between R and Python objects (for example, between R and Pandas data frames, or between R matrices and NumPy arrays).