wch/r-source

(See "doc/FAQ" and "doc/RESOURCES" for more detailed information these files are only in the tarballs) (See "INSTALL" for help on installation) This directory contains the source code tree for R, which is a language which is not entirely unlike (versions 3 and 4 of) the S language developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories by Rick Becker, John Chambers and Allan Wilks. R is free software distributed under a GNU-style copyleft. The core of R is an interpreted computer language with a syntax superficially similar to C, but which is actually a "functional programming language" with capabilities similar…