[R] Large matrix into a vector

[Alberto Monteiro]

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>
> We have already seen three solutions.
> 
> I don't like to see the use of c() for its side effects.  In this 
> case Marc's as.vector seems to me to be self-explanatory, and that 
> is a virtue in programming that is too often undervalued.
> 
I agree; but for our enlightnment, what are the side effects of
c()?

Alberto Monteiro