Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED] napsal dne 11.11.2008 11:32:27:
> Berwin A Turlach wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:27:41 +0100 > > Wacek Kusnierczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> but then it might be worth asking whether carrying on with misdesign > >> for backward compatibility outbalances guaranteed crashes in future > >> users' programs, [...] > >> > > > > Why is it worth asking this if nobody else asks it? > > > i guess most of the people who do ask questions here care little about r > itself, they just want it to solve a problem, even if it involves > hacking the language. Well, if somebody does not care what is he/she doing then he/she should stop immediately. If you do not care about how to use machine-gun correctly you could easily harm yourself or others. > > those outside the r team who care about language design have probably > left the list long ago, if only they were subscribed. the fact that I am just a BFU although for some time already, so I learned much virtues from capable persons who are developing and using R. I started with R when I had to change from DOS Statgraphics to some Windows based program and get used to it. It is like buying new shoes. If somebody just put them on, go for a some mountaineering, find out that they cause blisters, discard them and buy a new pair then he probable does not get rid of blisters. > it's only me asking is no statistics. i do talk to people, and know > many who'd ask, but they just don't care, because they have already > trashed r. instead of discouraging me, make use of that i care to ask. If i understand - see Gabors post > Gabor Grothendieck wrote: >> Certainly this has been recognized as a potential problem: >> >> http://developer.r-project.org/nonstandard-eval.pdf >> >> however, it is convenient when you are performing >> an analysis and entering commands directly as opposed >> to writing a program although possibly the potential ambiguities >> overshadow the convenience. But changing it could be quite difficult and not on developers high priority list. Just my 2c Regards Petr > > vQ > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
