[R] open source and R

Barry Rowlingson B.Rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk
Tue Nov 15 10:54:45 CET 2005


Liaw, Andy wrote:
> However code readability can not be over-emphasized.  I must admit to have
> written R code in such a supposedly `clever' way that I can't figure out
> what I was trying to do (or how I did it) a week later...

  The solution to that is to make sure this sort of code is adequately 
commented! Be as clever as you like - make your R look like a runner-up 
in the obfuscated perl programming contest if you want - but a 
well-placed comment will hopefully prevent that stupid feeling a week later.

Baz




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