The current R is the result of a collaborative effort with contributions from all over the world.
R was initially written by Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka—also known as ``R & R''—of the Statistics Department of the University of Auckland.
Since mid-1997 there has been a core group with write access to the R source, currently consisting of
plus Heiner Schwarte up to October 1999.
In addition, a large group of individuals has contributed to R by donating code, bug reports and documentation, notably
Valerio Aimale, Thomas Baier, Ben Bolker, Goran Brostrom, Vince Carey, Saikat DebRoy, Brian D'Urso, Lyndon Drake, John Fox, Paul Gilbert, Torsten Hothorn, Robert King, Kjetil Kjernsmo, Philippe Lambert, Jan de Leeuw, Uwe Ligges, Jim Lindsey, Patrick Lindsey, Catherine Loader, Gordon Maclean, John Maindonald, David Meyer, Jens Oehlschaegel, Steve Oncley, Richard O'Keefe, Hubert Palme, Jose Pinheiro, Jonathan Rougier, Günther Sawitzki, Bill Simpson, Gordon Smyth, Adrian Trapletti, Terry Therneau, Bill Venables, Gregory R. Warnes, Andreas Weingessel, and Simon Wood.
We have probably omitted some important names here because of incomplete record keeping. If we have overlooked you, please let us know and we'll update the list.
A special debt is owed to John Chambers who has graciously contributed advice and encouragement in the early days of R and later became a member of the core team.