[R] [FORGED] Re: pair correlation function of 3D points
Martin Maechler
m@ech|er @end|ng |rom @t@t@m@th@ethz@ch
Fri May 1 16:14:47 CEST 2020
>>>>> Rolf Turner
>>>>> on Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:42:46 +1200 writes:
> On 30/04/20 12:28 am, Eric Leroy wrote:
>> Dear all, I am sorry to see all the reactions I provoked from a
>> newbie user. Anyway, thank you for the answer I think that the
>> pcf3est function responds to my question.
>> Indeed the spatstat is a very impressive library and I am very grateful to the the developers.
> (1) Not to worry. Certainly not your fault!
> (2) I'm glad that the pcf3est() function was useful to you.
> (3) Thank you for your kind words about spatstat.
> (4) But *please* --- spatstat is a *package* not a "library"!!! A
> library is a *collection* of packages; the library() function "checks
> out" a package from a library, like checking a book out of a "real"
> library (bibliothèque en français, just in case there is any confusion,
> "library" and "libraire" being false cognates). But I'm sure you knew that.
> I know that insisting on this distinction is being pedantic --- but it
> never hurts to get things right! And saying "library" when you mean
> "package" upsets Martin Maechler!!! :-)
Thanks a lot, Rolf!
Well, indeed, I've become a teeny bit wiser with age, so
currently, it's just a little inaudible "ouch", and no longer a
real upsetting ...
And yes
> fortunes::fortune("rrgh")
(3 times...rrrrgh...) and why do you think the mailing list is called R-*packages* ???????????
Please do
for(i in 1:20) cat("It's a package!\n")
-- Martin Maechler (after a newly released *package* has been called *library* three times in its announcement
on R-packages)
R-help (March 2006)
>
so maybe we can close the thread on a bit of a cheerful tone.
Best, Martin
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