Thanks for the link! I think the page hits the nail on the head with this: 'As data science employs techniques from many problem domains, numerous base technolo

Thanks for the link! I think the page hits the nail on the head with this: 'As data science employs techniques from many problem domains, numerous base technologies are required.' Any language that can successfully and seamlessly pull packages from other languages will do very well. Since most of the packages for data science start off in academics, and written by people who are experts in their field, and not computer science, 'cool' languages are going to struggle to get mind-share in package development.