>>>>> On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:55:51 +0000, >>>>> Hin-Tak Leung (HL) wrote:
> roger bos wrote: >> Indeed, when I was writing code in Java or VBA and I needed code, say to >> buble sort or invert a CDF, I could find many examples on the web since >> the user base was so large. R has something better: CRAN. It was >> really smart to make a central repository where useRs can share code. >> No other language that I can think of really has an equivalent. All I >> have to do it search CRAN and I can find 99% of what out there (I'm >> making a guess on the actual number here). > <snipped> > Hang on there - "No other language that I can think of really has > an equivalent." - have you heard of CPAN, and CTAN? CRAN > was modelled *after* CPAN, which in turn was modelled after CTAN... > Either of them is far bigger in size, far older in history, and far > more well-established. > In fact, I am sorry to say, the search engine of either CPAN or CTAN > are better than CRAN's. (this last sentence is subjective, of course). > Obviously not a Perl nor TeX user then. > (probably not a good idea to express this on r-devel, nevermind) No problem at all ... I take it you volunteer to design, setup, host, and maintain a better system? Best, Fritz ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel