>> If clearing out your workspace destroys *any* work, then something is
>> seriously wrong with your workflow.
>>
>
> Yes, of course.  Lets all post viruses to run on each others'
> machines.  That will teach those users who don't run antivirus and
> backup software between each posting to r-help.  Also if they are
> running large data sets whose processing takes time to recreate they
> should be checkpointing everything at all points during the
> development.  And what about those misguided Bayesians who are running
> those long MCMC simulations.  Let them just rerun them from the start.
>  Its really all their fault anyways.  They should have known better.
> :)

If you are running random R code from the internet in the same R
session that you are performing important work, then you deserve
everything you get!

Hadley

-- 
Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair
Department of Statistics / Rice University
http://had.co.nz/

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