[R] What is the difference between S and R?

[Greg Snow]

Read FAQ 3.3 as a starting place.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Peng Yu
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:45 AM
> To: Giovanni Petris
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] What is the difference between S and R?
> 
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Giovanni Petris <GPetris at uark.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have found a good refernce to be "S Programming" by Venables and
> > Ripley.
> 
> I'll take a look at this book.
> 
> Since S and R are not completely the same, there are delicate
> differences between S and R, which an S book may be confusing if I
> want to learn R. One example is Statistical Models in S by Chambers
> and Hastie, where some examples in this book is not applicable in R as
> I pointed in my previous message to this mailing list some time ago.
> 
> Could somebody let me know if there is  a detailed comparison between
> S and R to help me understand R better even if I use books for S?
> 
> 
> >> I don't find a tutorial on S3. "Bengtsson.pdf" cites MASS (1999
> >> edition). However, I don't think that MASS (2002 edition) clearly
> >> explain what S3 is and help a user who knew very little about S3 to
> >> quickly understand it. Could somebody let me know if there are some
> >> better learning materials to help me smooth the learning curve?
> >>
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