[R] Gentleman and Ihaka's integrity in question

[Rolf Turner]

On 20/01/2009, at 5:56 PM, Berwin A Turlach wrote:

> Mark,
>
> don't feed the troll.

	Well said!

		cheers,

			Rolf
>
> 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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