And appropriatesly > library(fortunes) > fortune() SAS seems to be to statistical computing what Microsoft is to personal computing. -- Bill Venables 'Exegeses on Linear Models' paper (May 2000)
On Saturday, September 30, 2017, 4:57:23 PM EDT, Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> wrote: On 01/10/17 01:22, Robert Baer wrote: > > > On 9/29/2017 3:37 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: >> On 30/09/17 07:45, jlu...@ria.buffalo.edu wrote: >> >> <SNIP> >> >>> >>> The conceptual paradigm for R is only marginally commensurate with >>> that of >>> standard statistical software. >>> You must immerse yourself in R to become proficient. >> >> Fortune nomination. > For newer list members wondering what Rolf is talking about try: > > library(fortunes) fortune() to get a flavor! There are many pearls of > wisdom. For the *really* new members, note that you may have to *install* the fortunes package first: > install.packages("fortunes",lib=<wherever you keep added-on packages>) Note that the package is "fortunes" (with an "s") but the function is fortune() (no "s"). cheers, Rolf -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 ______________________________________________ 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. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.