[R] accolade

[Ben Bolker]

  That's great.  To some extent the learning curve is unavoidable, but are
there particular things you wish someone had told you early on, or
particular kinds of documentation that you would have found really useful?
What kinds of documentation did you read and find most useful?  (Intro to
R, MASS, on-line help, r-help list ...) The stage you are at is really
important; you've learned to use R and to see things from its point of
view, but (maybe) you haven't yet forgotten all of the details of what it
looked like when it was brand-new to you.

   Ben Bolker

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, graham lawrence wrote:

> I've been using R for several months now, in fact it was my intro to "real"
> computer programming.  It used to frustrate me no end, but lately I've
> noticed my reaction has changed.  Nowadays its much more like "wow, is that
> cool, or what?".  So I guess I've gotten over the hump of the learning
> curve.
> Comparing what I now do with R to my previous hodge-podge of spreadsheets
> and supporting programs leaves me open-mouthed at the improvement it has
> wrought.  To all of you who have contributed to this R project, thank you so
> much.  What you have created is far from being merely useful; it is a thing
> of true beauty, a delight to work with.
> 
> graham lawrence
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