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<h2>The core team wishes to thank ...</h2>
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<b>Rick Becker</b>, <b>John Chambers</b> and <b>Allan Wilks</b>
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<b>Rick Becker</b>, <b>John Chambers</b> and <b>Allan Wilks</b>
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for the language design.
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for the language design.
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Particular thanks goes to John Chambers who answered our
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Particular thanks goes to John Chambers who answered our
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(sometimes impertinent) questions with patience and good grace.
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The <b>Free Software Foundation</b> and
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The <b>Free Software Foundation</b> and
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the <b>FreeBSD</b> and <b>XFree86</b> teams for the
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the <b>FreeBSD</b> and <b>XFree86</b> teams for the
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superior and ``free'' development tools.
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superior and ``free'' development tools.
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<b>Guy Steel</b> and <b>Gerald Sussman</b> for Scheme.
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<b>David Betz</b> and <b>Samuel Kamin</b> for pointers on
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The <b>authors</b> of the numerical algorithms
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which form the statistical heart of <b>R</b>.
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which form the statistical heart of <b>R</b>.
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Particularly to the developers of Linpack which represents
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a standard of software quality to be aspired to.
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a standard of software quality to be aspired to.
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<b>Simon Davies</b> for writing the initial <b>R</b> versions of the
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<b>Simon Davies</b> for writing the initial <b>R</b> versions of the
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<b>glm</b> and <b>lsfit</b> suites of functions.
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<b>Alan Lee</b> for writing large amounts of applications code in early
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<b>Alan Lee</b> for writing large amounts of applications code in early
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(and buggy) versions of <b>R</b>.
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<b>Andreas Buja</b> for encouragement.
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<b>Andreas Buja</b> for encouragement.
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<b>Alan Richardson</b> for the code which draws rotated fonts in X11.
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<b>Alan Richardson</b> for the code which draws rotated fonts in X11.
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<b>Carlos Fonseca</b> for finding and fixing the bug in Alan's code.
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<b>Carlos Fonseca</b> for finding and fixing the bug in Alan's code.
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The <b>students</b> in all our courses who didn't actually
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The <b>students</b> in all our courses who didn't actually
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carry out the threats they made after having bleeding edge development
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carry out the threats they made after having bleeding edge development
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versions of R inflicted on them in our laboratories.
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versions of R inflicted on them in our laboratories.
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The <b>Distillers</b> of Scotland and <b>Vintners</b> world wide.
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The <b>Distillers</b> of Scotland and <b>Vintners</b> world wide.
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      The <b>University of Auckland</b> for support, including Sun
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      The <b>University of Auckland</b> for support, including Sun
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      The <b>Campus Espresso Cart</b> and the <b>Black Crow Cafe</b>.
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