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topic Technology • phys.org • 9 hours ago

New Zealand scientists working on 'R' win major global award

New Zealand scientists working on 'R' win major global award
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Scientists working on the revolutionary 'R' programming language invented at the University of Auckland have won a top award intended to be a Nobel Prize for statisticians.
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