File encodings differ when you move outside of standard ASCII code. Not really R's problem, but it is a fly in the ointment when teaching classes with mixed laptop armoury and there are also differences between classroom and desktop computers. RStudio does have features to switch encodings, but I usually sidestep the issue by commenting scripts in English.
-pd > On 31 Mar 2017, at 05:40 , Boris Steipe <boris.ste...@utoronto.ca> wrote: > > I can't remember having seen my students write code that runs correctly on > one platform but not the other. Obviously under the hood there are > significant differences, but as far as code goes, R seems quite foolproof. > There are GUI differences in base R - but AFAIK no such differences in the > RStudio IDE. > > B. > > > > >> On Mar 30, 2017, at 9:21 PM, Neil Salkind <neiljsalk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Can someone please direct me to an answer to the question as to how R >> differs for these two operating systems, if at all? Thanks - Neil >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
