On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Robert Wilkins wrote:
> ...The user interface for R, otherwise known as the S programming language
> has the same origins as C and Unix
We could take this one step further, and note that C's design (its "user
interface"?) was based on BCPL, which was developed
> comparable to S-Plus and SAS, not withstanding Milley's snide comment. But
> if you want to attack the chronic and painful productivity problems with
> data preparation and statistical table production, you need to go beyond R
> and SAS.
What are these problems?
Hadley
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On Thu, 08-Jan-2009 at 01:26AM -0500, Robert Wilkins wrote:
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|> Some R promoters point out that R has lexical scope and lots of
|> Scheme goodness. ( and what widespread programming language today
|> does not have lexical scope? ). But other R promoters point out
|> that programs in S-Plus
Ashlee Vance's article on R in the New York Times.
This is typical of the New York Times. Because they get to coast on the
prestige and reputation of their brand , they have a history of just this
sort of journalistic sloppiness. Whether it's the author or the editor at
fault doesn't really matter
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