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The '''R programming language''', sometimes described as "[[GNU]] S", is a mathematical language and environment used for statistical analysis and display.

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]].

R is freely available under the GNU [[GPL]] and is available for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]], and many [[Unix]] operating systems.

===External link=links==

*[http://www.r-project.org/ The R Project for Statistical Computing]

*[http://www.cran.r-project.org/ The CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) Project]

*[http://www.math.montana.edu/Rweb/ Web-based interface to R]