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Re:Ask HN: Is there evidence regarding PG's theory about pow... by a_bonobo on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:38AM (#11469827)
I've observed this in bioinformatics -

Python, Perl, R are much more common than (let's say) lisp or Ruby, partially because more people know these first languages (possible exception in R - is that even taught in university?), but IMHO more because libraries such as BioPerl, Biopython, Matplotlib (Seaborn), numpy/scipy, ggplot2, the entire CRAN ecosystem are so much more mature than what you get in lisp/Ruby, you can get amazing stuff done very quickly.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there evidence regarding PG's theory about pow... by adenadel on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:39PM (#11473518)
I agree with you completely and just wanted to comment that R is fairly widely taught in universities. The difference with R is that it is often taught in statistics courses rather than CS.
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