I played around with Nim and it has huge potential. It is early days and I would like to thank the creators of the language. A decent IDE is the only issue for me. I tried all the IDE options and it was stark. The idetools didn't work for me and the unit tests failed on Ubuntu 14.04.
At the moment small projects and libraries should be fine but the lack of IDE would be an issue for bigger projects.
I don't believe its necessary for all the experiments to last that long. Its possible to have shorter more controlled experiments to gain insight to health benefits of particular diets.
For example...
A British group of volunteers were locked in a zoo and were allowed to eat up to 5 kilos of raw fruit and vegetables per day - but only raw fruit and vegetables.
"Nine volunteers, aged 36 to 49, took on the 12-day Evo Diet, consuming up to five kilos of raw fruit and veg a day."
"The prescribed menu was:
- safe to eat raw;
- met adult human daily nutritional requirements; and
- provided 2,300 calories - between the 2,000 recommended for women and 2,500 for men,"
"Overall, the cholesterol levels dropped 23%, an amount usually achieved only through anti-cholesterol drugs statins.
The group's average blood pressure fell from a level of 140/83 - almost hypertensive - to 122/76. Though it was not intended to be a weight loss diet, they dropped 4.4kg (9.7lbs), on average."
At the moment small projects and libraries should be fine but the lack of IDE would be an issue for bigger projects.