is.R returns TRUE if we are using R and FALSE
otherwise.
Details
The function has been written such as to correctly run in all versions
of R, S and S-PLUS.
In order for code to be runnable in both R and S dialects previous to
S-PLUS 8.0, your code must either define is.R or use it as
if (exists("is.R") && is.function(is.R) && is.R()) {## R-specific code} else {## S-version of code}