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2007-12-25 7:36:00

charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:

>In article <1992Jan21.134921.16411@uicc.com> putsch@uicc.com (Jeff Putsch)

>writes:

>> What is "S"?

>S is to SAS, SPSS, BMDP, etc. as C is to Fortran.

>S a the statistical computing environment from AT&T Bell Labs.

>Unlike old "package" software, S is a complete programming language

>that allows almost any statistical analysis to be coded, not just

>analyses the programmers at the software company thought of.

>Charles Geyer

>School of Statistics

>University of Minnesota

>charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu

I'm making the transition of using S-Plus on a new system after years of

using "old-S". Is there a users group or news group that would be a good

forum for having questions answered?

Any help would be appreaciated.

Thanks.

kevin

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