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[Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>]

> 
> What is 'R'?
> 
> Bearcat
afrayedknot@ghost:~$ gaze what R
R:
R is "GNU S" - A language and environment for statistical computing and
graphics. R is similar to the award-winning S system, which was developed at
Bell Laboratories by John Chambers et al. It provides a wide variety of
statistical and graphical techniques (linear and nonlinear modelling,
statistical tests, time series analysis, classification, clustering, ...).

R is designed as a true computer language with control-flow constructions for
iteration and alternation, and it allows users to add additional functionality
by defining new functions. For computationally intensive tasks, C, C++ and
Fortran code can be linked and called at run time.
afrayedknot@ghost:~$ 


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