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GAP vs R (programming language)

A side-by-side look at GAP and R (programming language). For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GAP

GAP

Education & Reference

GAP is an open-source computer algebra system for computational discrete algebra, with particular emphasis on computational group theory. It provides a programming language, a library of thousands of functions implementing algebraic algorithms, and extensive documentation.

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R (programming language)

R (programming language)

Development

R is a free, open-source programming language and software environment for statistical analysis, data visualization, and scientific computing. It is widely used by statisticians, data miners, data analysts, and data scientists for developing statistical software and data analysis.

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