"R [http://www.r-project.org] is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics" [http://www.r-project.org/about.html]. For more background on R ... R apparently binds to [Tcl], [Tk], and [Visual Tcl] in ways that have not yet been clearly described [http://www.r-project.org/nocvs/mail/r-announce/1999/0023.html].