MIT REVERSIBLE COMPUTING PROJECT MEMO #M8 The R Programming Language and Compiler WORKING DRAFT MEMO Revision: 1.3

Michael P. Frank
http://www.ai.mit.edu/mpf

MIT AI Lab
545 Technology Sq.
Cambridge, MA 02139

Started July 28, 1997.
RevisionDate: 1997/07/30 19:08:57
Typeset Mon Nov 3 16:33:45 EST 1997 .
A current version is available online at
http://www.ai.mit.edu/mpf/rc/memos/M08/M08_rdoc.html

• Introduction
• What type of language is R?
• Overview of R Syntax
• User-level Constructs
  • Program Structure
  • Control Structure
  • Variables
  • Data Modification
  • Expressions
  • Static Data
  • Input/Output
• Example Program sch.r
• R Compiler User's Manual
• Compiler Internals
• Conclusions
• About this document ...