Well, I would not call R packages 'MS executables'! But Jim is critical of some R conventions -- see his notes on the webpage http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/rcode.html
Bestest Marwan ---------------------------------------------- Marwan Khawaja http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~mk36 ---------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Prof > Brian Ripley > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:53 AM > To: Marwan Khawaja > Cc: 'r-help'; 'Peter Dalgaard' > Subject: Re: [R] Dotmatrix Plots > > The details and address for package 'dna' *are* in the R FAQ > section 5.1. > > For some reason he calls 'MS executables' the non-executable > binary packages for Windows users of R. > > On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Marwan Khawaja wrote: > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Peter Dalgaard > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:58 PM > >> To: Jeffrey Robert Spies > >> Cc: r-help > >> Subject: Re: [R] Dotmatrix Plots > >> > >> Jeffrey Robert Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Does anyone know what happened to the dna library or the > dotmatrix > >>> function? For the life of me, I can't find it anywhere with the > >>> exception of this reference: > >>> > >>> http://rss.acs.unt.edu/Rdoc/library/dna/html/dotmatrix.html > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Jeff. > >>> http://www.nd.edu/~jspies/ > >> > >> For some reason, Jim prefers to play hide and seek with > his packages > >> (which for some reason he insists on calling libraries...). The > >> current whereabouts seem to be > >> > >> http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/rcode.html > >> > > > > Well, I think he is enjoying his retirement. His packages > seem to work > > fine > > (updated) using R 2.4.0. > > > > Marwan > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > Marwan Khawaja http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~mk36 > > ---------------------------------------------- > > > >> > >> -- > >> O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Ă˜ster Farimagsgade > 5, Entr.B > >> c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K > >> (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: > >> (+45) 35327918 > >> ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: > >> (+45) 35327907 > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > >> 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@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > 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. > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list 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.