[R] difference between assignment syntax <- vs =

[Wacek Kusnierczyk]

Ken Knoblauch wrote:
> Wacek Kusnierczyk <Waclaw.Marcin.Kusnierczyk <at> idi.ntnu.no> writes:
>
>   
>> Thomas Lumley wrote:
>>     
>>> Although it's probably true that most long-time R users use <-, this
>>> is at least in part because a long-time R user would initially have
>>> had to use <-, since = wasn't available in the distant past.
>>>
>>> I would say that it's entirely a matter of taste -- the things that
>>> otherwise could have been traps are mostly syntax errors.  The only
>>> proviso is that if you post code using = it is (even more) important
>>> to leave spaces around the = than it would be for <-.
>>>       
>> the reason being ...?
>>
>> vQ
>>
>>     
>
> ergonomy!
>
>   

ergonomy? 

vQ