[R] learning R

[markleeds at verizon.net]

  Thanks Berwin. You're correct in that I meant the R Language 
Definition. Well, it may be a draft but I read it for the first time a 
few months ago and
it was very enlightening so, whether it's a draft or not, I highly 
recommend it. (  but not for total beginners. The  R-intro is better for 
a more gentle introduction ).


On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at  4:34 AM, Berwin A Turlach wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:57:36 +0100
> Wacek Kusnierczyk <Waclaw.Marcin.Kusnierczyk at idi.ntnu.no> wrote:
>
>> markleeds at verizon.net wrote:
>>>  David, Wacek: Just so everyone knows, I just looked and this is
>>> explained quite clearly in the R Language Reference manual, very
>>> similarly to what Wacek did below.
>>>
>> thanks, that's good, because i made it up following the page quoted 
>> by
>> david, and if i'm flamed for nonsense, the langref has to be flamed
>> too.
>
> Actually, no.  :)
>
> I do not remember the details, but I once tried to use the "R Language
> Definition" (I presume this is what we are talking about) to support 
> my
> argument about some issue I had at that time.  It was pointed out to 
> me
> that the "R Language Definition" is a draft, hence not authoritative;
> and it seems its status of being a draft has not changed since.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Berwin