Re: [R] static vs. lexical scope
Hello everyone again, I much appreciated the explanations. On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 11:02:42AM +0200, Francesco Ariis wrote: > Maybe the Introduction should link to it (or similar page) with text > "In case you are interest in the difference between static and lexical > scope, check this explanation"? Is any R-dev thinking about this? I feel the nomenclature from the World Outside won't change any soon: "Lexical scoping is also called static scoping." [1] [1] http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse341/08au/general-concepts/scoping.html __ 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] static vs. lexical scope
Dear R users/developers, while ploughing through "An Introduction to R" [1], I found the expression "static scope" (in contraposition to "lexical scope"). I was a bit puzzled by the difference (since e.g. Wikipedia conflates the two) until I found this document [2]. Maybe the Introduction should link to it (or similar page) with text "In case you are interest in the difference between static and lexical scope, check this explanation"? Thanks -F [1] https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-intro.html#Scope [2] https://cran.r-project.org/doc/misc/lexical.tex __ 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.
Re: [R] The "--slave" option
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 03:14:44PM +1200, Richard O'Keefe wrote: > The one thing "slave" does not mean in technology is any kind of human > being. At risk of repeating what someone else said, we are most likely not dealing with a human but with a "supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places", as from exhibit A On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 08:00:00AM +0200, Benjamin Lang wrote: > Let me reiterate that it is 2019, i.e. "The Future", rather than 1970 when > R was presumably developed, based on its atrocious syntax, documentation > and usability (I think I only need to say "NaN", "NULL", and "NA"). I suggest not to fatten such a magical creature! __ 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.
