R is `GNU S' - A language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R is similar to the award-winning S system, which was developed at Bell Laboratories by John Chambers et al. It provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques (linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time series analysis, classification, clustering,...).
R is designed as a true computer language with control-flow constructions for iteration and alternation, and it allows users to add additional functionality by defining new functions. For computationally intensive tasks, C, C++ and Fortran code can be linked and called at run time.
Sorry but Debian isn't out of date. If you like, you can use testing or unstable versin of package and you are more updated that with other distro. But if you want a very stable system maybe it's ok to wait the stable. The difference are in security. Now I run 3 servers, two with RedHat and one with Debian, and difference are important. I can wait for Debian developer to release the new version with it's ok in quality and security features. If you like more "updates" and more insecure system use Redhat like distro.
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I use it everyday, because I use both, windows and linux desktop, and OpenOffice let me exchange document and others files wihtout any problem.
Sorry but Debian isn't out of date. If you like, you can use testing or unstable versin of package and you are more updated that with other distro. But if you want a very stable system maybe it's ok to wait the stable. The difference are in security. Now I run 3 servers, two with RedHat and one with Debian, and difference are important.
I can wait for Debian developer to release the new version with it's ok in quality and security features. If you like more "updates" and more insecure system use Redhat like distro.