title: RBloomberg vs Rblpapi
body: <p>I am working on a project where I am fetching bulk data from Bloomberg, such as the stock of the 1000 highest valued US companies, and then computing summary statistics on them. </p>
  
  <p>I would like to use R for the procedure and I am wondering which package is would suit the task better, RBloomberg or Rblpapi. </p>
  
  <p>This is what I think are the pros and cons of the packages:</p>
  
  <p>RBloomberg</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Has good <a href="http://findata.org/rbloomberg/rbloomberg-manual-0-4-144.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Manual</a> from 2010 and more SO questions</li>
  <li>+May be more stable since it's been around for longer</li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13807729/package-rbbg-is-not-available-for-r-version-2-15-2">May not work</a> on new version of R, Requires Java</li>
  <li>Will likely not receive new functions and support</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Rblpapi</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Faster, does not require Java</li>
  <li>Will likely receive new functions</li>
  <li>If the package is updated significantly, I may have to rewrite my code</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>In addition, is the functionality of the two packages equivalent? </p>
  
  <p>Thank you for your input. </p>