> > SQL, for example, generally takes the view that any > > expression involving 'missing' is 'missing'. > > Well, then SQL gets it wrong.
Well, that's a view. But paraphrasing an R Turner from a few lines away in the same email: > One should be very, very circumspect about presuming to know better than > SQL It's a choice. I understand and respect R's. But I can also understand why someone might have expected something different. S ******************************************************************* This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} ______________________________________________ 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.