Programming languages would step forward once more in the 1990s, with high-level languages like Python, Lua, R, Ruby, and Javascript all coming to the fore. Many of these serve as the backbone of ...

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. Tiobe now places R in 21st position and suggests ...

For those who might be wondering, the programming language was created by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman in 1993. Furthermore, note that most of the R libraries are written using R, but for ...

There's no clear agreement about what's behind statistical programming language R's recent apparent rise. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer July 6, 2020 at 5:35 a.m. PT ...

The top ten languages in TIOBE’s Programming Community index for August 2020. Image: TIOBE Speculation has centered on just why R has become more popular as of late.

It’s based heavily on a language called S developed in the 60’s and 70’s. It’s called R instead of the expected T because its name was based on the developers’ shared first initial.