S (programming language)

S
Paradigms	Multi-paradigm: imperative, object oriented
First appeared	1976; 50 years ago
Website	ect.bell-labs.com/sl/S/
Influenced
	R

S is a high-level programming language which is used to analyze statistics. The paid software programs called S-PLUS are based on the S language. Other programming languages, including the free R language, are based on S.

History

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

References

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

[1] "The S Language". Springer.

[2] S Programming. Springer.

[3] "A brief history of S" (PDF). University of Waterloo.