Section 2 Looking Back

2.1 S

• John Chambers, Bell Telephone Laboratories, originally part of AT&T Corp.

• S released: 1976

• S-PLUS: Owned by TIBCO Software

2.2 R

• R uses the same dialect as S

• Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman, The University of Auckland

• Published paper: 1996

• R launched: 2000