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R: A Language for Data Analysis and Graphics

In this article we discuss our experience designing and implementing a statistical computing language. In developing this new language, we sought to combine what we felt were useful feature…

Ross Ihaka, Robert Gentleman
https://resea.org/10.1080/10618600.1996.10474713

Abstract

In this article we discuss our experience designing and implementing a statistical computing language. In developing this new language, we sought to combine what we felt were useful features from two existing computer languages. We feel that the new language provides advantages in the areas of portability, computational efficiency, memory management, and scoping.