Joshua, there may be some cultural differences in play, some people are direct, some don't like the American passive aggressiveness, and then English may not be the first language of a poster.
A package may be a bit outdated, or not. If so, it in itself means nothing other than that it is a bit outdated. Even if it is free of bugs, and do what it is supposed to do, fast. I think it is legitimate to ask here for alternatives. el On 2020-12-23 20:06 , Joshua Ulrich wrote: > Hi Ben, > > It's not very polite to call people's work "outdated", especially when > given to you for free. Those packages have been around and stable > for the better part of a decade, will remain stable, are actively > maintained, and all work well together to form a comprehensive suite > of tools for financial analysis. > > Best, > Josh > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 11:58 AM Ben van den Anker via R-help > <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello everyone, >> Could anyonre recommend some good resources for finance applications >> in R? I find the packages quantmod, TTR and PerformanceAnalytics a >> bit outdated. There must be something more recent on the market. Any >> suggestions will be much appreciated! >> >> Cheers, >> Ben van den Anker [...] -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist e...@lisse.na / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply ______________________________________________ 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.
