[R-wiki] R as a programming language

[Patrick Burns]

I think anyone who doesn't understand everything is our
target market.

paul sorenson wrote:

> Ironically I have found R to be a challenge to learn partly because it 
> is quite different from more "familiar" programming languages, and I 
> have learnt quite a variety.  I guess the other reason is because I 
> know so little about statistics.
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> I don't disagree with your suggestion but I find it is the nuances of 
> R that you just have to learn - the broad concepts aren't really a 
> problem for me personally.  For example, having picked up a copy of 
> MASS recently, the diagram that shows how all the graphical parameters 
> fit together was worth a thousand posts on r-help.
>
> Another area that a wiki would have helped for me is some tutorial 
> style material on the formula syntax and how it is used differently in 
> different contexts etc.
>
> Of course I may not be your "target market" but that is my 2 cents worth.
>
> cheers
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> Patrick Burns wrote:
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>> In gathering opinions relative to the UCLA tech report,
>> it seems that part of the difficulty of learning R is that it
>> is a programming language.  This comes both from Jon
>> Baron and from a SAS/R user with no programming
>> background.
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