R

R is a programming language for statistical computing and data visualization. It has been widely adopted in the fields of data mining, bioinformatics, data analysis, and data science. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1993
Created by: Ross Ihaka • Robert Gentleman
Designed by: Ross Ihaka • Robert Gentleman
Operating systems: Unix-like operating system • Microsoft Windows • macOS • BSD • Linux
Implemented in: C • Fortran
Aliases: GNU R, GNU S, R language, R programming language

Wikidata: Q206904

Influenced: Julia

Influenced by: Common Lisp • S • Scheme

Programming paradigms: array programming • imperative programming • reflective programming • functional programming • object-oriented programming • procedural programming

Language types: multi-paradigm programming language

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