On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Jim Lemon <j...@bitwrit.com.au> wrote:
> On 04/17/2013 03:25 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote: The final point does relate to Excel and any application that hides what is > going on to the casual observer. I will treasure this URL to give to anyone > who chastises my moaning when I have to perform some task in Excel. It is > not an error in the application (although these certainly exist) but a > salutory caution to those who think that if a reasonable looking number > appears in a cell, it must be the correct answer. I have found not one, but > two such errors in the simple calculation of a "birthday age" from the date > of birth and date of death. > > Jim > So there (maybe) was a bug in Excel. Maybe hidden from the "casual observer". And since Excel is not R, and we are R snobs, Excel is evil, right? But, wait. Is it easier for a "casual observer" to detect a flaw in the formula in Excel, or to find an incorrect array index in an R script? All ye who want to cast stones upon the interface of Excel should ask yourselves if you have ever had a bug in R code. Kevin (no fan of Excel either) > ______________________________**________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** > posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Kevin Wright [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.
