"R [L1 ] is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics" [L2 ]. For more background on R, see the February 2003 installment of "Server Clinic" [L3 ].
R apparently binds to Tcl, Tk, and Visual Tcl in ways that have yet to be clearly described [L4 ]. Seductive screen-shots appear at http://www.bioconductor.org/Screenshots/index.html , for example.
What: R
Where: http://www.r-project.org/
http://cran.r-project.org/
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/
http://www.gnu.org/software/r/R.html>
http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/%7Ehornik/R/R-FAQ.html
http://stat.auckland.ac.nz/rproj.html
Description: Statistical computing and visualization language,
similar to the S language.
Provides a wide variety of techniques.
Comes with a tcltk package, providing interface and language bindings
for Tcl/Tk.
Makes use of plplot.
Note that Mark Myatt mailto:[email protected] is
writing a syntax highlighting editor to be used as a front-end
of R; contact him for details.
Currently at version 1.5.0 .
Updated: 01/2003
Contact: See web siteSee also Statistics.