[R] [off-topic] crossword

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Long time readers indeed.

That article was from 2009!



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From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of Enrico Schumann
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2024 5:27 AM
To: Bill Dunlap <williamwdunlap using gmail.com>
Cc: r-help using r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] [off-topic] crossword

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Bill Dunlap writes:

> Crossword answers have to be drop-in replacements for the clue in a
> sentence.  Hence replacing
>    "She writes in C and R, say."
> with
>    "She codes"
> would work, but "She coder" would not.
>
> (If one interpreted C and R as the names of third party candidates for
> office, then "She votes" would work,
> but the across words made "codes" a more reasonable answer.)
>
> I was impressed that they expected the typical NYT reader to know that R
> was a programming language.
>
> -Bill

They expect them to be long-time readers :-)
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html