There is actually a version of lisp geared towards numerics/science: http://lush.sourceforge.net/index.html http://lush.sourceforge.net/index.html However, loo

There is actually a version of lisp geared towards numerics/science: http://lush.sourceforge.net/index.html http://lush.sourceforge.net/index.html However, looking at the examples it seems to be used imperatively anyway (it even lets you include C code inline): http://lush.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html http://lush.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html