[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.gra...@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 -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.