[R-gui] Re: R-SIG-GUI digest, Vol 1 #18 - 5 msgs

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

> I do actually think it is essential. R is a modular design, and it
> isn't possible to define in advance what a package might wish to
> contain in terms of user interface. Certain things might be boiled
> down to a static description that could sit in an external file or in
> an R data structure, but not all. How would a dynamic graphics
> package like ggobi (um, tkgobi?) fit in for instance? Programmability
> has been *the* key to the success of the S languages, so why should we
> discard the possibility of making our user interfaces programmable?

We would not. We'd simply _add_ an easy and portable (across 
toolkits/approaches) way of solving "standard" problems.

Thomas