"Gone for"
Considering the thing's about 6oz. of vapor, nothing's been "gone for".
\r\n\r\nPython appeals on several counts. For heavy-duty stats and graphics lifting, R is the logical choice, though calling the syntax Byzantine is...not doing Byzantium justice.
\r\n\r\nOne of the stumbling blocks first go-round was the sense I had that Tim was looking at a wholesale app integration thing. I'm more looking to provide the glue to stick together what's already out there. Tying in, ferexample, to existing packaging tools (Deb/RPM, CPAN, CRAN) to figure out what's on a particular system, and what it can/cannot do, might be useful. Of course, my druthers would be just to toss the whole schmeil at APT and let it sort out the bodies.
\r\n\r\nI'm focusing more on what sorts of things I want done and how I'd tackle them than the specific tools to use to do so. The second should emerge from the first. And IMO should remain open, not closed.
