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So why has nobody tried to implement something similar for Python? Is there some fundamental limitation of the language at play?
by wrinkl3 9y ago
So why has nobody tried to implement something similar for Python? Is there some fundamental limitation of the language at play?
- ForHackernews 9y agoAcademic statisticians know and use R. They publish research in R. Python doesn't have the same mindshare, so somebody would have to specifically go out and re-implement it in Python. So far, it seems like nobody has been sufficiently motivated to do so.
- singingfish 9y agoYou'd basically be implementing a new interpreter (and presumably trying to do so in python). And hauling in a bunch of Fortran bindings along for the ride.