Jeffrey J. Hallman wrote: > The article quotes John Chambers, but it doesn't mention that R started out as > an implementation of the S language. I don't suppose Insightful is too happy > about that.
You mean Tibco... The statement that S "failed to generate broad interest" is also a bit misleading. I believe S-PLUS had more than 100000 users in its day, although it may be true that its success was mainly in the academic world. Obviously the pool of people who knew S from the preceding decade was very important for the early development of R. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalga...@biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ 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.
