[R] a philosophy R question

[Spencer Graves]

Wikipedia:  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language):  R 
is a programming language and software environment for statistical 
computing and graphics.


"www.r-project.org" -> "What Is R?":  R is a language and environment 
for statistical computing and graphics.


       I've routinely described it as "an object oriented programming 
language for statistics."  It's also a social movement to empower people 
world wide to ask quantitative questions and do their own statistical 
analysis, without benefit of expensive software, etc.  CRAN, R-Forge, 
this email list, are all part of the social movement.


       Hope this helps.
       Spencer


On 11/20/2010 6:29 PM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
> I had seen it written as a "Language" .  I had always thought of it as
> an environment.
>
> Thanks to all,
> Erin
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Santosh Srinivas
> <santosh.srinivas at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Not many really care about what it is called .... but here is what the page
>> says
>>
>>
>> R is `GNU S', a freely available language and environment for statistical
>> computing and graphics which provides a wide variety of statistical and
>> graphical techniques: linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests,
>> time series analysis, classification, clustering, etc.
>>
>> http://cran.r-project.org/index.html
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
>> Behalf Of Erin Hodgess
>> Sent: 21 November 2010 07:26
>> To: R help
>> Subject: [R] a philosophy R question
>>
>> Dear R People:
>>
>> Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment,
>> please?
>>
>> Which is correct, please?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Sincerely,
>> Erin
>>
>>
>> --
>> Erin Hodgess
>> Associate Professor
>> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
>> University of Houston - Downtown
>> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
>>
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>>
>
>


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