On 15/01/2010, at 4:45 PM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
Hi R People:
I'm teaching a statistical computing class using R starting next week
(yay!) and I have an opinion type question, please.
I'm old school and use "<-" in an assignment.
However, I'm starting to see the "=" in the literature.
Which should I use or does it matter, please?
It's basically a matter of taste. But people with ***good*** taste
use "<-". :-)
Constructions such as "a = a+3" are toadally illogical whereas "a <- a
+3"
makes perfect sense.
However I'm sore afraid that as is always the case, good taste fails and
bad taste prevails. I.e. "=" for assignment will take over. Personally
I shall resist as long as possible, i.e. until "<-" is removed from the
syntax structure by R Core.
cheers,
Rolf
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