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Mainstream Article on R - NYT

Robert Gentleman, left, and Ross Ihaka, the creators of R. Picture courtesy of the New York Times For those of us who use R on a regular basis it was pretty neat to see a mainstream media piece on the R language. Ashlee Vance of the New York Times did a good job on the piece. It is hard to explain to your average kitchen table reader of the Grey Lady why a computer programing language is important.