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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The R Who-is-who.

_T_h_e _R _P_r_o_j_e_c_t:

     R is a project which is attempting to provide a modern piece of
     statistical software for the GNU suite of software.

_C_o_n_t_r_i_b_u_t_o_r_s:

     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

        *  Douglas Bates

        *  John Chambers

        *  Peter Dalgaard

        *  Robert Gentleman

        *  Kurt Hornik

        *  Ross Ihaka

        *  Friedrich Leisch

        *  Thomas Lumley

        *  Martin Maechler

        *  Guido Masarotto

        *  Paul Murrell

        *  Brian Ripley

        *  Duncan Temple Lang

        *  Luke Tierney

     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.

