Computing Languages for Bioinformatics: R

Bioinformatic analyses involve different tasks and processes. In order to manage various bioinformatics applications, different programs have been written by using various available computing languages. The languages used to tackle bioinformatics problems and related analysis are, for example, R, a statistical programming language, scripting languages such as Perl and Python, and compiled languages such as C, C++, and Java. Among these, R is becoming one of the most widely used software tools for bioinformatics. This is mainly due to its flexibility, and data handling and modeling capabilities.

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