[R] [friday topic]: what exactly is statistical computing

[Wensui Liu]

Thanks for your insight, Roger.

Actually, my question is not related to R only.

statistical computing is a popular topic recently. However, when I
check its meaning on wikipedia/google, I couldn't find it.

another reason why I asked is related to myself. I am very interested
in this area and maintaining a blog in this topic. however, when asked
what 'statistical computing' is, I am not able to give a
well-verbalized answer.


On 3/2/07, Bos, Roger <roger.bos at us.rothschild.com> wrote:
> This means it comes with substantial statistical routines built-in.  You
> could just as well use VBA or Java for your programming language, but
> with those you would have to write pretty much any stat routine you
> need.  With R, since it is a 'statistical computing' language, you know
> that most of what you need has already been programmed, tested(?), and
> is ready to use.
>
> I have seen you on this list for a while.  You already know all this.  I
> am not sure why you are asking this question.
>
> Roger
>
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>
> Dear List,
> on www.r-project.org, the title says 'The R Project for Statistical
> Computing'.
>
> but what exactly is the definition of statistical computing?
>
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-- 
WenSui Liu
A lousy statistician who happens to know a little programming
(http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog)