[R] Who uses R?

[(Ted Harding)]

On 25-Sep-07 12:34:47, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 9/25/2007 7:45 AM, (Ted Harding) wrote:
>> On 25-Sep-07 11:11:44, Patrick Burns wrote:
>>> Just speaking of the field I'm most familiar with, there
>>> are now users of R in many of the largest financial
>>> companies in the world.
>>> 
>>> http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/spreadsheet_addiction.html
>>> 
>>> is one place to look for arguments against Excel.
>>> This was just updated to include an amusing numerical
>>> bug in Excel 2007. Guess what 850 * 77.1 equals.
>> 
>> What a nasty little puzzle to set, Patrick! I had to turn
>> to OpenOffice Calc, which told me that the answer is 65535.
>> Is that right, Patrick? Should I check it on Excel?
> 
> Since Excel is the government approved gold standard, you should.
> OO Calc got it wrong.  The correct Excel answer is 100000.
> (Only in 2007; Office 97 and 2003 had the same bug as OO Calc,
> and give 65535.)
> 
> Duncan Murdoch

Thanks, Duncan! It's good to be sure! Sadly, this has shaken
my faith in R. But now I know where to turn.
Best wishes,
Ted.



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Date: 25-Sep-07                                       Time: 13:51:00
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