Re: [R] The difference between SAS and R

2013-12-26 Thread Greg Snow
When I first saw that comic, my thought was "where would APL fit in that graph?" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)) On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 2:00 AM, peter dalgaard wrote: > > On 20 Dec 2013, at 18:53 , Kevin Wright wrote: > >> SAS uses words. R uses symbols. >> >> See thi

Re: [R] The difference between SAS and R

2013-12-22 Thread peter dalgaard
On 20 Dec 2013, at 18:53 , Kevin Wright wrote: > SAS uses words. R uses symbols. > > See this: > http://xkcd.com/1306/ > > (Yes, I know IML uses plenty of symbols. It's just supposed to be funny. > And somewhat true.) > Actually, R is on par with C++ when it comes to _prefixed_ symbols lik

[R] The difference between SAS and R

2013-12-20 Thread Kevin Wright
SAS uses words. R uses symbols. See this: http://xkcd.com/1306/ (Yes, I know IML uses plenty of symbols. It's just supposed to be funny. And somewhat true.) -- Kevin Wright [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org maili