I recommend you skim the Chambers book at Google Books or Amazon before
buying it as a guide to programming in R.

It is a fascinating book, but is more a discursive reflection on the history
and philosophy of R than a practical guide to programming in R.  It
certainly explains the rationale for many of the design decisions in R,
which is great for those of us who are interested in the history of
programming languages, and even the practical consequences of those design
decisions, but I'm not sure it's useful as a handbook for programming in R.

            -s

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:33 AM, [Ricardo Rodriguez] Your XEN ICT Team <
webmaster@xen.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> ANJAN PURKAYASTHA wrote:
>
>> Most books on R I come across describe running statistical procedures in
>> R.
>> Any suggestions on a good book that teaches *programming* in R?
>> Thanks,
>> Anjan
>>
>>
> This is being really useful for me...
>
> John M. Chambers (2008) Software for Data Analysis. Programming with R.
> Springer.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lg7g8n
>
>
> HTH
>
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> Ricardo Rodríguez
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