"The name is partly based on the (first) names of the first two R authors (Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka), and partly a play on the name of the Bell Labs lang

"The name is partly based on the (first) names of the first two R authors (Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka), and partly a play on the name of the Bell Labs language ‘S’." - R FAQ https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Why-is-R-named-R_003f https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Why-is-R-named...