Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Doran, Harold wrote: > > R is the open-source implementation of the S language developed at Bell > > laboratories. It is a statistical programming language that is becoming > > the de facto standard among statisticians. > Thanks for the information > I always thought that SPSS or SAS where thé standards. > Stef
The 'SS' in SPSS stands for Social Science, IIRC. Looking at the lack of mention of that on their website, though, and the prominent use of the "E word" there, they have obviously grown out of (or want to grow out of) their original niche. Googling, SAS's market seems to be mostly in the business / financial worlds. No doubt R's community differs from those, though I don't know exactly how. From the long list of free software available for it, it sure seems popular with some people: http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/ John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
