[R] R: Idea behind .First() vs. ~/.Rprofile

I'm ramping up on R, and reading http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/r- project/lib/R/library/base/html/Startup.html. I'm probably wrong about this, but ~/.Rprofile seems to serve the same purpose as a .First() function. Why do both exist, and what considerations go into a decision to choose

Re: [R] R: Idea behind .First() vs. ~/.Rprofile

Hi, On Thursday, April 16, 2015, paul paul.domas...@gmail.com wrote: I'm ramping up on R, and reading http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/r- project/lib/R/library/base/html/Startup.html. I'm probably wrong about this, but ~/.Rprofile seems to serve the same purpose as a .First() function.

Re: [R] R: Idea behind .First() vs. ~/.Rprofile

Sarah Goslee sarah.goslee at gmail.com writes: |On Thursday, April 16, 2015, paul paul.domaskis at gmail.com |wrote: | I'm ramping up on R, and reading | http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/r- | project/lib/R/library/base/html/Startup.html. I'm probably wrong | about this, but ~/.Rprofile seems