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by krumbie 1525 days ago
I guess it's mostly academics who have unusual problems that demand custom solutions, but which are small enough so people can switch to a language their lab group is not using and still be successful with their projects. I also wish for more common adoption but it is hard to make headway against python and R that have years of development for "basic packages" for typical users in them, which is just not the kind of stuff most academics can spend their time on.