[R] Should there be an R-beginners list?

Rolf Turner r.turner at auckland.ac.nz
Wed Nov 27 09:47:16 CET 2013


On 11/25/13 09:04, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Yihui Xie wrote:
>
>> Mailing lists are good for a smaller group of people, and especially
>> good when more focused on discussions on development (including bug
>> reports). The better place for questions is a web forum.
>
>   I disagree. Mail lists push messages to subscribers while web fora 
> require
> one to use a browser, log in, then pull messages. Not nearly as 
> convenient.

Well expressed Rich.  I agree with you completely.

     cheers,

     Rolf Turner



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