[R] Gentleman and Ihaka's integrity in question

[Berwin A Turlach]

Mark,

don't feed the troll

Cheers,

	Berwin

On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:38:24 -0600 (CST)
markleeds at verizon.net wrote:

> Hi: I think I saw a link where the author clarified the original article 
> and explained more clearly that the design of R had it roots in S/S+. I 
> don't
> remember where I saw it but it's somewhere. Also, I think it's jumping 
> the gun to claim that anyone lied to anyone before doing the research 
> and
> knowing that FOR SURE but that's  just my opinion and you are entitled 
> to yours.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Robert Wilkins wrote:
> 
> > It does look like Gentleman and Ihaka not only lied to the New York
> > Times, but also to the New Zealand Herald and who knows who else. This
> > is disgusting. The R programming language is the S programming
> > language, and Gentleman and Ihaka are not the ones who designed it.
> >
> > http://thenewyorktimesissloppy.blogspot.com/
> >
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