[R] New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power

[Patrick Burns]

Simon Blomberg wrote:
>> "Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of
>>  Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software..."
>>     
>
> Maybe it's my dry Australian humour, but I think this should go into the
> fortunes package.
>   

It is somewhat humourous even in damper London.
But I think what the sentence was trying to say is that
a WHOLE LOT of what is done in Excel would be
better done in R.

Patrick Burns
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> Simon.
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