On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:24 PM, G. Jay Kerns <gke...@ysu.edu> wrote: > Wacek Kusnierczyk wrote: > > [snip] > >> as i explained a few months ago, i study r to find examples of bad >> design. if anyone in the r core is interested in having the problems i >> report fixed, i'm happy to get involved in a discussion about the design >> and implementation. if not, i'm happy with just pointing out the issues. > > :-) > > I am prompted to imagine someone pointing out to the volunteers of the > International Red Cross - on the field of a natural disaster, no less > - that their uniforms are not an acceptably consistent shade of > pink... or that the screws on their tourniquets do not have the > appropriate pitch as to minimize the friction for the turner...
Your analogy may overstate the case a bit, since R volunteers - while providing a valuable service to the community - are not dealing with matters of life and death. Habitat for Humanity (an organization that provides free housing to the under-privileged) would be a better comparison. I'm sure those volunteers would appreciate a critique of their work, provided the critique was not condescending and focused on serving the community better, not to showcase the acumen of the one giving the critique. > > As a practicing statistician I am simply thankful that the bleeding is > stopped. :-) > > Cheers to R-Core (and the hundreds of other volunteers). > Jay > I second that. Thanks to R-Core et al for all their generous efforts. > > > *************************************************** > G. Jay Kerns, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Mathematics & Statistics > Youngstown State University > Youngstown, OH 44555-0002 USA > Office: 1035 Cushwa Hall > Phone: (330) 941-3310 Office (voice mail) > -3302 Department > -3170 FAX > E-mail: gke...@ysu.edu > http://www.cc.ysu.edu/~gjkerns/ > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > Best, Josh -- http://quantemplation.blogspot.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
