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The '''R programming language''', sometimes described as "[[GNU]] [[S programming language|S]]", is a mathematical language and environment used for [[statistical]] analysis and display. It was originally created by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman (hence the name R) at the [[University of Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], and is now steadily developed further by a large community around the world.

It is based upon [[S programming language|S]], which was developed by [[John Chambers]] of [[Bell Laboratories]] and described in the paper "Evolution of the S Language" [http://cm.bell-labs.com/stat/doc/96.7.ps]. R is considered by its developers to be an implementation of S, with semantics derived from [[Scheme programming language|Scheme]]. The commercial implementation of S is S-PLUS [http://www.insightful.com/products/splus].

R is freely available under the [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]] and is available for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]], and many [[Unix]] operating systems. There are several [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] for R ([[RKWard]], [[Sciviews]], etc.).