The impression I get from the list and the references I've perused is that nlme is being phased out in favor of lme4, but lme4 still doesn't have a complete feature set yet.
What I'm still fuzzy on, being a relative R newbie, is: (a) what features in nlme are currently missing in lme4 (b) what's the projected time frame on getting them implemented. If anyone can answer my naive and impertinent question in a friendly, helpful and informative manner[1], I would be delighted. Thanks! [1] Or, translated from craven, "please don't ignite a flame war on my no-account account" Regards, Mitch -- Due to the recession, requests for instant gratification will be deferred until arrears in scheduled gratification have been satisfied. ______________________________________________ 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.
