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, Saikat DebRoy, Lyndon Drake, Paul Gilbert, Robert King, Philippe Lambert, Patrick Lindsey, Jim Lindsey, John Maindonald, Jens Oehlschaegel-Akiyoshi, Steve Oncley and Gordon Maclean, Richard Okeefe, Hubert Palme, Jose Pinheiro, Martyn Plummer, Jonathan Rougier, Bill Simpson, Adrian Trapletti, Terry Therneau, Bill Venables, Gregory R. Warnes, and Andreas Weingessel.
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.