This is easy. If you want a statistical language, use R, free and one of the best. If you are wealthy or have departmental funds, use S.
Tracy Harms wrote: > A new request has been made for comparative comments on J and R. That > request is posted here: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1427276/j-programming-language-vs-r-programming-language > > Here's the text of that request: > > > > Has anyone tried both J programming language form jsoftware and R > language. I want to learn a statistical language for data analysis. > Which one do you prefer? Why? > > Please consider conditions below, thanks. > > * productivity > * performance > * community > * library > * syntax > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
