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R is a programming language for statistical computing and data visualization. It has been widely adopted in the fields of data mining, bioinformatics, data analysis, and data science.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R (programming language) | Designed by | Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Developer | R Core Team | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Filename extensions | .R | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Filename extensions | .rdata | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Filename extensions | .rhistory | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Filename extensions | .rds | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Filename extensions | .rda | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | First appeared | August 1993; 33 years ago (1993-08) | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | License | GPL-2.0-or-later | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Paradigms | Multi-paradigm: procedural, object-oriented, functional, reflective, imperative, array | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Platform | arm64 and x86-64 | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Stable release | 4.6.1 / 24 June 2026; 60 days ago (24 June 2026) | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Typing discipline | Dynamic | 1.00 | infobox |
| R (programming language) | Website | r-project.org | 1.00 | infobox |
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