Welcome back! R is a very popular programming language out there, it’s used by tons of companies for tons of different projects, so let’s go ahead and hit on 10 very interesting facts about R!
1. R was first seen in 1993, over 27 years ago!
2. R is written in C, Fortran and R as well!
3. R can be accessed from several different programming languages, including: Python, Perl, Ruby and even Julia!
4. R is currently the 14th most popular programming language (based on the TIOBE index)
5. R is used primarily for data science, but R can also be used for developing GUI’s (using the RShiny package)
6. R is free and open-source, you don’t have to pay for this programming language
7. R has a massive community behind it, as well as tons of packages available for free!
8. R has the ability of utilizing distributed computing…
