Installation under Gentoo is straightforward too (emerge dev-lang/R). Updating has never really been a problem. CRAN packages are rebuilt if needed when updating R, and periodically all you need to do is fire up R and use update.packages() to update any packages you've installed.
Another pro to consider is the cost, you can obtain R for free, SAS/S-Plus/Stata all have licenses of some sort that require purchasing. Neil -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Pros-and-Cons-of-R-tp17407521p17423145.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.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.
