On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Achim Zeileis wrote:
> A *library* is a directory in which you can find R *packages* (just as
> in real life you can find books in a library) and with
> library("foo", lib.loc = "/path/to/bar")
> you want to get the package (book) "foo" from the library "bar" located
> at "/path/to/bar".
Out of pure curiosity, could anyone tell me the historical reason that
library() is used here? Does it tie in to the S ancestry of R?
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