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1. This is a good place for use of log or semi-log plots.

2. How do the authors unambiguously search for 'R'? Monocharacter language names are difficult search keys. (C, B, S, R)

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To 2: When I look for just "R" even in an anonymous window (so it should not use my history) I get as the first suggestion a link to https://www.r-project.org/ - the home of R. What else is there for that letter - that is equally popular? "R" is "hip" and trending. Microsoft not too long ago started a big push into the R space and now regularly generates headlines around the system, accelerating the trend even more.

Even weirder, a Google search for "xlispstat" seems to bring up more R hits that don't even mention xlispstat than actual xlispstat ones. Some weird algorithm is associating R and xlispstat as relating to statistics and because R is much more popular these days, prioritizing R over xlispstat.

it's not the search engine's fault, it's the contents. R is associated to xlispstat as the credible alternative. E.g. Jan de Leeuw JStat's paper. Also the author of xlispstat is one main contributor to R.

1. There is a log plot at the end of the article

2. The author posted the exact search terms used for all languages in an earlier post [0]

[0]: http://r4stats.com/articles/how-to-search-for-data-science-a...

Thanks, on both points.

There are some keywords that could help: R Lang and Rstats for instance

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