Interview with Inventor of S and R

John Chambers (creator of S programming language & core member of R programming language project) recounts the history of S and R in the following interview:

http://www.r-bloggers.com/john-chambers-recounts-the-history-of-s-and-r/

John Chambers talks about his involvement in the birth of the S language in 1976, and how it evolved over the years to become the inspiration for the R language.