Rex Kerr
Aug 3, 2024

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Well, the main type in data science is "A big bunch of numbers". So unless you're going to encode array dimensionality with your types (possible, but most libraries don't), the domain is pretty close to untyped.

This is why R is the second most common programming language in data science: it really leans into the "Oooh, you got a big rectangle of numbers with labels? Let me tell you all the things I can do with a big rectangle of numbers!"

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Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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