ORCA: Evaluating LLMs on Data Science Code Translation
Quick summary
arXiv:2609.30749v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Data Science Code Translation (DSCT) is the process of converting code between data science libraries while preserving functional equivalence and enabling interoperability across data science ecosystems. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated considerable progress in Data Science Code Generation (DSCG), their performance in DSCT remains insufficiently studied. To address this gap, we introduce ORCA, a comprehensive benchmark with two complementary settings: ORCA-MAIN, which comprises 1,600 carefully curated grounding-level tasks acr
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2609.30749v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Data Science Code Translation (DSCT) is the process of converting code between data science libraries while preserving functional equivalence and enabling interoperability across data science ecosystems.
- While Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated considerable progress in Data Science Code Generation (DSCG), their performance in DSCT remains insufficiently studied.
- To address this gap, we introduce ORCA, a comprehensive benchmark with two complementary settings: ORCA-MAIN, which comprises 1,600 carefully curated grounding-level tasks acr
Why it matters
“ORCA: Evaluating LLMs on Data Science Code Translation” highlights the need for repeatable measurement rather than a single impressive demonstration. Independent validation across datasets and clearly stated limitations determine whether a result can guide product decisions.

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