Re:R -- some more background (Score 1)

Tried R not too long ago. It is primarily a stats, and stats visualization application. My stats background is confined to all that I forgot in college 10 years ago. I fired up R, and found 3 things:

1. reminded me of a scientific calculator on steroids.
2. Via tutorials: it's actually a great way to learn (or re-learn) stats
3. it is very addictive. I looked up at a clock and found out that I was playing around with it for an hour. Very pleasantly surprised. Here's a quick start: http://r.loyaltymatrix.com/2004/06/getting_started .html