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by medo-bear 1435 days ago
the rally call of lisps is to get a lot done with less, so it is definitely possible that it can compete in some sense. also common lisp packages such as these can cater to the programmer-first type of data scientist by allowing greater (interactive) tinkering with the underlying code
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>> cater to the programmer-first type of data scientist

Exactly. Especially those who want to dabble with lisp by playing with familiar problems and applications. I find it much more instructive to play with linear regression code in a new language than with, say, a game development engine, because I have a pretty good idea about the strengths and quirks of `lm` in R.