And it’s thanks in part to a little-known language called R. R is free, open source statistical analysis software. Privately owned tools like MATLAB, the mathematical computing software ...

Well, R can appear daunting at first. That’s often because R syntax is different from that of many other languages, not necessarily because it’s any more difficult than others. “I have ...

Hoping to settle the perennial R versus Python debate, University of California, Davis, professor of computer science Norm ... learning either of the two languages. His argument against Python ...

But the spotlight for up-and-coming language remains focused on R, which continues to rise in the ranks. SEE: Top 5 programming languages for systems admins to learn (free PDF) (TechRepublic ...

With the R Programming Language Compiler app ... While you would still need a computer to run large datasets, the app is a useful testing ground for moments when you’re inspired and need ...

A new vulnerability has been discovered in the R programming language that allows arbitrary code execution upon deserializing specially crafted RDS and RDX files. R is an open-source programming ...

But SAS is no match for the open-source language that pioneering data scientists use in academia, which is simply known as R. The R programming language leans more frequently to the cutting edge ...

Statistical programming language R has climbed back up to 8th place in Tiobe's latest programming language popularity index, just behind JavaScript and up from 20th position last July.

By Kenneth R. Rosen Thomas E. Kurtz, a mathematician and inventor of the simplified computer programming language known as BASIC, which allowed students to operate early computers and eventually ...