R is the lingua franca of Statistics: R code and R packages is
the means by which statisticians communicate ideas and methods
for statistical analysis. The reasons why are discussed in this
article, but it also begs the question: what's wrong with the
spoken or written word? How Statistics and Probability relate to
the English language is the subject of a great op-ed article in
last week's New York Times, Stories vs Statistics. In
particular, it talks about how some of the famous thought
experiments and puzzles in statistics and probability (such as
the Monty Hall problem, the Birthday paradox, and the Two Boys
problem) are heavily dependent on language: the solution depends
not only on how the problem is described, but on how the reader
interprets the story around the puzzle. It's a great read: check
out the link below. New York Times: Stories vs Statistics