I got a question why R is named R and looked up the R project website but couldn't get a clue.
Choe Sangmin, MD
Does anyone know why R is R?
Choe,
The R programming language was based on the statistical programming language
S. I'm not sure why they chose the letter R. You can read more about the
origins of R here:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#What-is-R_003f
I believe it was simply convenient at the time, and then it stuck.
Nathan
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2011/2/16 최상민 <[email protected]>
> I got a question why R is named R and looked up the R project website but
> couldn't get a clue.
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R is named partly after the first names of the first two R authors
(Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka), and partly as a play on the name of S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_language
Ron
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On 02/17/2011 03:20 AM, 최상민 wrote:
>
> I got a question why R is named R and looked up the R project website
> but couldn't get a clue.
>
>
> Choe Sangmin, MD
>
> Fellow
> Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Research Center
> Pusan National University Hospital
> 305 Gudeok-Ro, Seo-Gu, Busan, 602-739 Korea
>
> Tel: +82-51-240-7945
> Mobile: +82-10-7203-7945
> Email: [email protected]
> www.facebook.com/sangmin.choe
>
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