Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language): R
is a programming language and software environment for statistical
computing and graphics.
"www.r-project.org" -> "What Is R?": R is a language and environment
for statistical computing and graphics.
I've routinely described it as "an object oriented programming
language for statistics." It's also a social movement to empower people
world wide to ask quantitative questions and do their own statistical
analysis, without benefit of expensive software, etc. CRAN, R-Forge,
this email list, are all part of the social movement.
Hope this helps.
Spencer
On 11/20/2010 6:29 PM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
I had seen it written as a "Language" . I had always thought of it as
an environment.
Thanks to all,
Erin
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Santosh Srinivas
<santosh.srini...@gmail.com> wrote:
Not many really care about what it is called .... but here is what the page
says
R is `GNU S', a freely available language and environment for statistical
computing and graphics which provides a wide variety of statistical and
graphical techniques: linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests,
time series analysis, classification, clustering, etc.
http://cran.r-project.org/index.html
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Subject: [R] a philosophy R question
Dear R People:
Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment,
please?
Which is correct, please?
Thanks in advance,
Sincerely,
Erin
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