[R] a philosophy R question

[Joshua Wiley]

[with liberal snipping]
>>> Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment,
>>> please?
>>>
>>> Which is correct, please?

I think the short answer is both.  The long answer is it depends
whether you are talking about the language or the program.  Probably
my favorite definition is by Jim Lemon:

library(fortunes)
fortune("R, I surmise")

But I also like:

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Spencer Graves
<spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com> wrote:
>      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.

Cheers,

Josh

>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Erin



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Joshua Wiley
Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.joshuawiley.com/