[andi999]

I like the idea of iterating from imperative to functional. Here the devils advocate for your if you can do it in python you can do it in haskell: I use quite a bit of numpy, scipy and matplotlib, are there equivalent libraries for Haskell?

[AnimalMuppet]

Well... wasn't numpy, at least initially, a Python wrapper around Fortran libraries? Sure, that made them accessible to a bunch more people, but it wasn't some Python-only wonder. Someone could probably write the same bindings for Haskell, if they haven't already.

[andi999]

Maybe some of the experts could name the haskell equivalent libraries/wrappers.

[matt_kantor]

I'm certainly not an expert (have only dabbled in both Haskell and Python, and never used numpy), but a web search found https://pechersky.github.io/haskell-numpy-docs which compares numpy to https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hmatrix. I also came across https://hackage.haskell.org/package/vector.

[andi999]

The old joke comes to mind:'How do you recognize a guitar player in the audience of a concert? They stand in a corner look at the stage and say 'I also could do that' '