guRus:

I have a variable "beta" as an argument to R's beta function.  So 
essentially I have a case of beta(alpha, beta).  What surprises me is that 
R doesn't barf on this stupid programming practice.  R gets the right 
answer.  How does R know "beta the variable" from "beta the function"?

Joseph F. Lucke
Senior Statistician
Research Institute on Addictions
University at Buffalo
SUNY

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