Language

R

Programming language for statistical analysis

1993Appeared

dynamic typingType system

4.6.2Latest version

Facts

Appeared: 1993
Type system: dynamic typing
Latest version: 4.6.2 (October 29, 2026)
First release: August 1993
Kind: multi-paradigm programming language, statistical package, GNU package, field of study, free software
Paradigms: reflective programming, procedural programming, functional programming, imperative programming, array programming, object-oriented programming
Designed by: Robert Gentleman, Ross Ihaka
Influenced by: S
Implemented in: C, Fortran
Licence: GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Operating system: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD
Used for: data cleansing, enriching, creating, analysis, data science, computational statistics, data visualization, computer programming, visual analysis
Influences listed: 1

Framework	Kind	Licence
Apache Spark	machine learning framework, free software, Apache Software Foundation project, cloud computing	Apache Software License 2.0, BSD licenses
Rnn	machine learning framework	—
Shiny	web framework, software	GNU General Public License, version 3.0