a translator from R to Maxima would be another idea. Maxima is Lisp based, use an algol like language, is used in education and is free. But developer are scare so more hands are needed. Maxima can use BLAS and other libraries for numeric computation, and it support many implementations of Lisp (sbcl, gcl, cll, ecl ...), some of their member are working in a java based lisp (Arms beast?). With so many tools available it is a something to consider.
Angel will not make your product fly if it is a heavy one. If you think the opinion of Angel can make it a better product contact them else focus in your goal until your product is ready for market.
I think there would me more condolences if money were hidden away from creators. Acquisition is a fruit you can take or reject but anyway is a sweet fruit.
The history of probability and statistic show us that a gambler can distinguish between two states whose probability is very similar (1/36 or so), so if a gambler has more information that a nongamer then he can use that information to be more accurate and make a faster decision.
using the information for feedback and iterating to improve your business model is not enough. When you are learning cycling you iterate and use the feedback but you fail, then you get some sense of equilibrium and maturity, but these are human capabilities that are not so common in business, perhaps a missing capability is needed to succeed in business.
Is the overall argument about is you shot with your blind eyes and miss the target, then you move the target and say you hit it, so you are a great master and never miss a shot.
"the early bird gets the worm" v.s "the second mouse gets the cheese". But I think that for the second to be true there must be some trap for the mouse. If you foresee the traps of the future then you can take the cheese.
Reading the top ranked comment, perhaps there is a need for a post that emphasises the value of learning from failure as a way of learning better. Propaganda is not always a good way of viewing things.
Reading only the comments, perhaps C is just a low level language very well suited for many applications that don't require class and objects. Is there something more in the original post?