[R] When the "official" copy will be corrected?

[Stuart Leask]

For what it's worth, I've found R 1.4.0 for Windows crashes from time to
time, usually when it's least convenient... as have all previous versions. I
find this to be a characteristic of most programs running under Windows
(including such obscure thrid-party offerings as MS Word).

I'm told windows 2000 is more stable. However, I encourage anyone with
limited funds for hardware or software upgrades to try R under linux. I used
R v 1.2.1 continuously for several months on reasonably-sized datasets
(under Zipslack - www.slackware.org - which is compact and runs in a windows
folder - no re-partitioning), and it just won't fall over.

Stuart




----- Original Message -----
From: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: cjosephlu <cjosephlu at seed.net.tw>
Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [R] When the "official" copy will be corrected?


> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, cjosephlu wrote:
>
> > Since I just experienced another crash on R 1.4.0 for Windows
> > (this time is on plot(x, y) after using gls() of package nlme) and
> > am told (thanks Andy) that is might due to the "official" version
> > of binary copy.
> > I am also told that
> > "The one provided by Prof. Ripley is known to work.
> > This has been asked several times on the list."
> >
> > Then, I am wondering when the "official" copy will be corrected?
>
> You'll have to ask the Windows maintainer, Guido Masarotto.  The binaries
> are mirrored from his site.
>
> > Are we supposed to "trust" the official version?
>
> R says:
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>
> > This actually bothers me somehow since I instructed all students
> > in my class to install the "official" copy when it came out 3 days
> > later than Prof. Ripley's version.
>
> That's not the correct time interval ... and it's not my version.
>
> --
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