Based on a recent <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/topic/lisp-stat/sYBndICy_HA/discussion">discussion</a>  on the Common Lisp Statistics group, I decided to start a github project <a href="https://github.com/mirkov/numerical-lisp">numerical-lisp</a>.<br><br>The purpose of the project is to serve as an ordered (as much as possible) collection of thoughts on what would make a useful and powerful system for numerical programming, analysis and visualization based on common-lisp.&nbsp; I suspect the discussion will be taking place on the common lisp statistics group, antik, and maybe others.&nbsp; I don't think that we should form yet another discussion forum.&nbsp; Coding would start in the next few months.<br><br>The project would depend a great deal on Antik, gsll, cl-num-utils, and other numerical libraries.&nbsp; The goal is not to start yet another incompatible numerical library.&nbsp; Instead, the goal is to provide a flexible framework into which one can plug in existing libraries with relatively little modification.<br><br>When it comes to coding, there will be relatively little intense numerical or graphics coding.&nbsp; Instead, we should use as many of already existing resources and libraries already available, and allow enough flexibility so as not to be locked to a particular library.&nbsp; We should also look at other systems (R, numpy, Matlab, mathematica, Macsyma), and incorporate their best features, albeit in a lispy way.&nbsp; The project may boil down to software engineering, and good language design (maybe we should study Fortress for hints)<br><br>Right now the project is quite empty, and I will add to it over the coming weeks.&nbsp; Once I figure out how github operates for collaborative work, I would welcome contributions from others as well.<br><br>I hope this to be a community effort.<br><br>Mirko<br>