[PLUG] 11/16 Clinic & Linux Software

Paul Heinlein heinlein at attbi.com
Mon Nov 18 19:29:08 UTC 2002


On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

> I also suggested some open source math software, specificly:  
> Maxima, Scilab and octave.

And R: http://www.r-project.org/

>From the README:

  R is a system for statistical computation and graphics. It consists 
  of a language plus a run-time environment with graphics, a debugger, 
  access to certain system functions, and the ability to run programs 
  stored in script files.

  The design of R has been heavily influenced by two existing 
  languages: Becker, Chambers & Wilks' S and Sussman's Scheme.  
  Whereas the resulting language is very similar in appearance to S, 
  the underlying implementation and semantics are derived from Scheme.

--Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>





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