S-PLUS
S-PLUS is a commercial implementation of the S programming language sold by TIBCO Software Inc..
It features object-oriented programming capabilities and advanced analytical algorithms.
Historical timeline
1988: S-PLUS is first produced by a Seattle-based start-up company called Statistical Sciences, Inc. The founder and sole owner is R. Douglas Martin, professor of statistics at the University of Washington, Seattle.
1993: Statistical Sciences acquires the exclusive license to distribute S and merges with MathSoft, becoming the firm's Data Analysis Products Division (DAPD).
1995: S-PLUS 3.3 for Windows 95/NT. Matrix library, command history, Trellis graphics
1996: S-PLUS 3.4 for UNIX. Trellis graphics, nlme library, hexagonal binning, cluster methods.
1997: S-PLUS 4 for Windows. New GUI, integration with Excel, editable graphics.
1998: S-PLUS 4.5 for Windows. Scatterplot brushing, create S-PLUS graphs from within Excel & SPSS.
1998: S-PLUS is available for Linux & Solaris.
1999: S-PLUS 5 for Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, and DEC Alpha. S-PLUS 2000 for Windows. nlme 3.3, quality control charting, new commands for data manipulation.