Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That’s when mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the ...

You might not have ever heard of the programming language R but, if you’re doing data analysis, it might be just the language you need. And this particular book on R is one that is likely to teach you ...

R is an open-source programming language that enables effective handling of data while providing powerful graphical capabilities. This workshop series is tailored to beginners and assumes no prior ...

Do you want to improve your R skills? Here are my favorite R language resources for users at any level. [This story is part of Computerworld’s “Beginner’s guide to R.” You’ll find links to the whole ...

From IDE plugins to external chatbots and running LLMs locally, these new and emerging tools are bringing the generative AI revolution to R. My previous article focused on some of the best tools for ...

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...

C remains the top programming language, according to the August index from software QA automation company TIOBE. But the spotlight for up-and-coming language remains focused on R, which continues to ...

Universities are no strangers to innovating with technology. EdTech wouldn’t exist if that weren’t true. But colleges were truly at the forefront when it came to the development of computer science.

Why it matters: There's a good chance you cut your coding teeth on BASIC if you took a computer class back in the 20th century. The Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code celebrated its 60th ...