R is an S (Matlab uses S) dialect. It's quite powerful, but takes a while getting used to.
Oh, I'd done all the good things: I installed Eclipse classic, had it install the StatET thing, thought I had installed rJ and all the good stuff that's described on the CRAN website, in the tutorial pdf, etc pp. but it still didn't run. I kept getting error messages when trying to actually run the R console in Eclipse. Told me something about rJ not working properly and a long list of other stuff in some sort of elaborate error message window.
I just deleted Eclipse in rage, and well, if it doesn't work anyway, I'm not gonna rage about it all day.
I saw on some R blog that there *is* a workspace-like overview thing, but the picture showed a mac version of the gui (possibly an extension package) and I have been unable to find a candidate for the command to open that window. There's certainly no option in the gui that does this. The picture:

I'm now going to try Rkward, at least I get coloured syntax there. Why is everything R programmed for UNIX systems though? Grrr.
Edit: It's kinda hilarious how people take the time to compile shit for Windows but are too stupid to see to it that the directories are targeted properly. Rkward doesn't work because something here assumes something was somewhere where it is clearly not. Bullshit everywhere.
I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.
Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834)
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