Re:Python for Data Analysis (new O'Reilly book from creator ...
by alexchamberlain on Friday May 25, 2012 @04:45AM
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Do keep an open mind, but bear in mind that Haskell is a different style of programming all together and there are libraries to speed number crunching in Python (NumPy).
I haven't programmed in any substantial quantity or quality since 2004, so I'll start with a more approachable language (Python), but I'll definitely keep an open mind.