R, now a major programming language

As a language specifically for data analysis, R isn't in the same league in raw sales as general-purpose languages like C++ or Java, but it does show the most growth of any major language: R is the bright green box in the bottom row of the treemap above. Amongst print book sales for functional languages, R is both the biggest seller and the fastest growing by a large margin (as shown in thechart at 00:29 in this video about functional languages).

via R-Blogger