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Which programming languages can be used with Apache Spark's APIs?
Which programming languages can be used with Apache Spark's APIs?
- Scala, Java, and Python
- Scala and Java
- Scala, Java, Python, and R (correct)
- Python and R
What are the three sets of APIs available in Apache Spark 2.2 and beyond?
What are the three sets of APIs available in Apache Spark 2.2 and beyond?
- RDDs, DataFrames, and SparkSQL
- RDDs, DataFrames, and Datasets (correct)
- RDDs, DataFrames, and Machine Learning APIs
- RDDs, DataFrames, and Streaming APIs
Why were DataFrames and Datasets unified in Apache Spark 2.0?
Why were DataFrames and Datasets unified in Apache Spark 2.0?
- To provide higher-level abstraction and APIs
- To offer ways to process structured data
- To limit the number of concepts that developers have to learn
- To simplify Spark (correct)
Which set of APIs should be used when processing structured data?
Which set of APIs should be used when processing structured data?
What is the primary motivation behind unifying DataFrames and Datasets in Apache Spark?
What is the primary motivation behind unifying DataFrames and Datasets in Apache Spark?