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S (programming language)

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S
ParadigmsMulti-paradigm: imperative, object oriented
First appeared1976; 49 years ago (1976)
Websiteect.bell-labs.com/sl/S/ Edit this at Wikidata
Influenced
R

S is a programming language which is used to analyze statistics.[1] Other programming languages, including the R language, are based on S.[2]

History

The S language was developed in the 1970s at Bell Laboratories by John Chambers and other programmers including Trevor Hastie.[3]

References

  1. "The S Language". Springer.
  2. S Programming. Springer.
  3. "A brief history of S" (PDF). University of Waterloo.