<p>Of course in context of <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/130/clojure-versus-r-advantages-and-disadvantages-for-data-analysis">R-versus-Clojure</a>, I felt it needs external discussion. </p>

<p>So, I believe that there are two possible sorts of such questions:</p>

<ol>
<li>An algorithmic question like, "How to implement X?" or "My code is not working!"</li>
<li>A question about tool selection and usage like, "I'm looking for X; what software should I use?" or "How to do X in Y?"</li>
</ol>

<p>IMO the first case should definitely migrate to SO; the second should get its chance to exist here.<br>
I can't accept the argument that if something is a programming language, then the question about it is automatically off-topic. So would we accept Minitab versus Statistica because those are GUI based, and not SAS versus R because one can do programming there?</p>
