Anything for PRODUCTION data processing that doesn't have strong/static typing is a crappy experience. That being said, for adhoc work, with Scala you get the

Anything for PRODUCTION data processing that doesn't have strong/static typing is a crappy experience. That being said, for adhoc work, with Scala you get the best of both worlds. Python is certainly approachable from early programmers, and R from mathemticians/business folks. Sadly there are more early access libs here, but all the popular stuff is aviailable in the languages above. C++ is really efficient, but it's a bit unforgiving.