There is nothing to reproduce here: we do not have 639.txt.
But note that read.table returns a data frame, and ?array has
data: a vector (including a list) giving data to fill the array.
so I do wonder if this is what you intended: you seem to have tried to
create an array list with 639*63
Full_Name: bill langdon
Version: 2.4.1
OS: ubuntu
Submission from: (NULL) (155.245.58.159)
#WBL 22 Feb 2007 ubuntu
R.version
#platform i486-pc-linux-gnu
#arch i486
#os linux-gnu
#system i486, linux-gnu
#status
#major 2
#minor 4.1
#year
