The basic principle of R emanates from programming languages built in the 1960s, Peng says. “In that sense, it’s kind of an old technology in the way it was originally designed.” ...

Statistical programming language R has fallen off Tiobe index's list of the 20 most popular languages, having spent three years in the top tier. Featured The top 10 products our readers bought for ...

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 of ...

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. In May ...

Regardless of the reasons, R is still on track to become TIOBE’s programming language of 2020, an accolade bestowed to the language that earns the highest rise in ratings over the course of a year.

The R statistical programming language is gaining popularity as developers scramble to meet the Big Data skills shortage, with one new report proclaiming it's "on its way to the top 10." "Thanks to ...

by Tilman M. Davies, no starch press, 2016. You might not have ever heard of the programming language R but, if you’re doing data analysis, it might be just the language you need.