R Programming Language

R is a free, open-source programming language and software environment specifically designed for statistical computing and graphics. It was originally created by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, as an implementation of the S programming language.

Today, the brand and development of R are overseen by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing, a non-profit organization based in Austria. While the core software is maintained by the R Development Core Team, it is supported by a massive global community of contributors. Because it is open-source under the GNU General Public License, there is no single corporate 'ultimate owner' in the traditional commercial sense; instead, it is a community-owned asset managed by its foundation.