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 R is a versatile, open source programming/scripting language that's useful both for statistics but also data science. Inspired by `S`.
 
 * Open source software under GPL
-* Superior (if not just comparable) to commercial alternatives
+* Superior (if not just comparable) to commercial alternatives. R has over 5,000 user contributed packages at this time. It's widely used both in academia and industry.
 * Available on all platforms
 * Not just for statistics, but also general purpose programming
 * Is object oriented and functional