Thanks to all for the great insightful answers! Sincerely, Erin
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:22 PM, <bill.venab...@csiro.au> wrote: > The conventional view used to be that S is the language and that R and S-PLUS > are implementations of it. R is usually described as 'a programming > environment for data analysis and graphics' (as was S-PLUS before it). > However as the language that R implements diverges inexorably from the > classical definition of S it is now probably more accurate to describe the > language itself as R as well, now a dialect of S, if you will. > > The only thing most would agree upon, though is that neither R nor S-PLUS > should *ever* be described as "stats packages". Such a description is > definitely to be avoided. In fact calling R a 'package' at all would be both > confusing and misleading (not to mention demeaning!). > > Bill Venables. > > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf Of Erin Hodgess > Sent: Sunday, 21 November 2010 11:56 AM > To: R help > Subject: [R] a philosophy R question > > Dear R People: > > Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment, > please? > > Which is correct, please? > > Thanks in advance, > Sincerely, > Erin > > > -- > Erin Hodgess > Associate Professor > Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences > University of Houston - Downtown > mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.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. > -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.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.
