[R] Differences between package and library terminology

2005-03-02 Thread Adaikalavan Ramasamy
Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between the terms for package and library ? Why are we loading a package with the library() command ? If this is a case of RTFM, I would be happy to do so if pointed in the right direction. I have searched the FAQ and mail archives and only came up

RE: [R] Differences between package and library terminology

2005-03-02 Thread Dr Carbon
'library' and 'package' :-) Zhu Wang and Douglas Bates;NA;R-help;May 2004 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adaikalavan Ramasamy Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:43 AM To: R-help Subject: [R] Differences between package and library

Re: [R] Differences between package and library terminology

2005-03-02 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 13:42 +, Adaikalavan Ramasamy wrote: Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between the terms for package and library ? Why are we loading a package with the library() command ? If this is a case of RTFM, I would be happy to do so if pointed in the right

Re: [R] Differences between package and library terminology

2005-03-02 Thread Dimitris Rizopoulos
: [R] Differences between package and library terminology Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between the terms for package and library ? Why are we loading a package with the library() command ? If this is a case of RTFM, I would be happy to do so if pointed in the right direction. I

Re: [R] Differences between package and library terminology

2005-03-02 Thread Uwe Ligges
Adaikalavan Ramasamy wrote: Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between the terms for package and library ? Why are we loading a package with the library() command ? If this is a case of RTFM, I would be happy to do so if pointed in the right direction. I have searched the FAQ and mail

Re: [R] Differences between package and library terminology

2005-03-02 Thread Adaikalavan Ramasamy
Thank you to Marc Schwartz, Dimitris Rizopoulos and Uwe Ligges. The discussions in R-devel thread was helpful. I think it is the usage library(package) that confuses new users to confuse the term packages with libraries. Thank you. Regards, Adai On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 08:20 -0600, Marc