[R] how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

2009-08-13 Thread mauede
Maybe I expect too much from a non compiled language. Anyway, I wonder whether it is possible in R to set constant values without using any memory location that would take useless space bacause such values are not going to be changed along the program. It's just a way to assign a mnemnic name

Re: [R] how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

2009-08-13 Thread Philipp Pagel
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 04:05:07PM +0200, mau...@alice.it wrote: Maybe I expect too much from a non compiled language. Anyway, I wonder whether it is possible in R to set constant values without using any memory location that would take useless space bacause such values are not going to be

Re: [R] how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

2009-08-13 Thread Ben Bolker
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Re: [R] how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

2009-08-13 Thread Ben Bolker
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Re: [R] how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

2009-08-13 Thread Ben Bolker
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Re: [R] how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

2009-08-13 Thread Ben Bolker
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[R] R: how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

2009-08-13 Thread mauede
the list is updaed. Thank you again, Maura -Messaggio originale- Da: Don MacQueen [mailto:m...@llnl.gov] Inviato: gio 13/08/2009 21.17 A: mau...@alice.it; r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Oggetto: Re: [R] how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

Re: [R] R: how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location

2009-08-13 Thread Don MacQueen
/2009 21.17 A: mau...@alice.it; r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Oggetto: Re: [R] how to get R interpreter to remember constant values without using any memory location Like Ben, I wonder what the reason for doing this is. First of all, the amount of memory indicated by your example is so small I can't