>>>>> Rolf Turner >>>>> on Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:42:46 +1200 writes:
> On 30/04/20 12:28 am, Eric Leroy wrote: >> Dear all, I am sorry to see all the reactions I provoked from a >> newbie user. Anyway, thank you for the answer I think that the >> pcf3est function responds to my question. >> Indeed the spatstat is a very impressive library and I am very grateful to the the developers. > (1) Not to worry. Certainly not your fault! > (2) I'm glad that the pcf3est() function was useful to you. > (3) Thank you for your kind words about spatstat. > (4) But *please* --- spatstat is a *package* not a "library"!!! A > library is a *collection* of packages; the library() function "checks > out" a package from a library, like checking a book out of a "real" > library (bibliothèque en français, just in case there is any confusion, > "library" and "libraire" being false cognates). But I'm sure you knew that. > I know that insisting on this distinction is being pedantic --- but it > never hurts to get things right! And saying "library" when you mean > "package" upsets Martin Maechler!!! :-) Thanks a lot, Rolf! Well, indeed, I've become a teeny bit wiser with age, so currently, it's just a little inaudible "ouch", and no longer a real upsetting ... And yes > fortunes::fortune("rrgh") (3 times...rrrrgh...) and why do you think the mailing list is called R-*packages* ??????????? Please do for(i in 1:20) cat("It's a package!\n") -- Martin Maechler (after a newly released *package* has been called *library* three times in its announcement on R-packages) R-help (March 2006) > so maybe we can close the thread on a bit of a cheerful tone. Best, Martin ______________________________________________ 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.