1. R http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/ http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/windows/base/R-2.13.1-win.exe 2. G++ http://math.claremontmckenna.edu/ALee/g++/g++.html http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/pages/faculty/alee/g++/full.exe Environment Variables in PATH: C:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin test: g++ -g hello.cpp -o hello -lm 3. Python http://python.org/download/ http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/python-2.7.2.msi Environment Variables in PATH: C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Lib; setuptools http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall numpy numpy.scipy.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/1.6.1/numpy-1.6.1-win32-superpack-python2.7.exe/download scipy www.scipy.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/files/scipy/0.9.0/scipy-0.9.0-win32-superpack-python2.7.exe/download pywin32-214.win32-py2.7.exe py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.7.exe http://www.py2exe.org/ 4. strawberry-perl-5.12.3.0.msi 4. gVIM http://www.vim.org/download.php ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim73_46.exe vim for Python: see _vimrc (F11 and F12) c.vim http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=213 perl-support.vim http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=556 SAS http://www.blog496.org/2011-7-17-win-use-vim-as-sas-r-editor.html http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3522 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1089 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3624