Fastest Growing New Languages on GitHub are R, Rust and TypeScript (and Swift)

  SELECT repository_language,
  SUM(IF(PARSE_UTC_USEC(repository_created_at) >= PARSE_UTC_USEC('2014-01-01 00:00:00') AND PARSE_UTC_USEC(repository_created_at) < PARSE_UTC_USEC('2014-08-30 00:00:00'), 1, 0)) / SUM(IF(PARSE_UTC_USEC(repository_created_at) >= PARSE_UTC_USEC('2013-01-01 00:00:00') AND PARSE_UTC_USEC(repository_created_at) < PARSE_UTC_USEC('2013-08-30 00:00:00'), 1, 0)) * 100 as perc_increase
  FROM [githubarchive:github.timeline]
  WHERE repository_fork == "false"
  AND type == "CreateEvent"
  GROUP BY repository_language
  HAVING SUM(IF(PARSE_UTC_USEC(repository_created_at) >= PARSE_UTC_USEC('2014-01-01 00:00:00') AND PARSE_UTC_USEC(repository_created_at) < PARSE_UTC_USEC('2014-08-30 00:00:00'), 1, 0)) > 1000
  ORDER BY perc_increase DESC'

  What the hell is R?
  The fastest growing newish language is one that was  unfamiliar to me.