NET platform available on all platforms after realizing the benefits of technology that runs on all systems. Cross-platform interoperability is an important feature to have in today’s computing world – even Microsoft is making its coveted. You can find distributions of R for all popular platforms – Windows, Linux and Mac.R code that you write on one platform can easily be ported to another without any issues. This not only shows the increasing interest in R as a programming language, but also of the fields like Data Science and Machine Learning where R is commonly used. It is a big deal for a domain-specific language like R to be more popular than a general-purpose language like C#. R was ranked 5th in 2016, up from 6th in 2015. IEEE publishes a list of the most popular programming languages each year.

R is popular – and increasing in popularity.

There are many R packages available under the same license, so you can use them, even in commercial applications without having to call your lawyer. You can look at the source to see what’s happening under the hood. R is free to download as it is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

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