[R] rbenchmark: why is function benchmark back-quoted?

[Jeff Newmiller]

Your use of the English language is failing to communicate. You mention  "the name" when "name" is not a proper noun. Are you referring to some specific example?
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"Prof J C Nash (U30A)" <nashjc at uottawa.ca> wrote:
>I'm wondering what the purpose of the back-quoting of the name is,
>since 
>benchmark seems a valid name. The language reference does mention 
>back-quoting names to make them syntactic names, but I found no 
>explanation of the "why".
>
>Can someone give a concise reason?
>
>JN
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