On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 01:51, Martin Maechler wrote: > Thanks a lot, Marc, for this extra insight. > > Note that Sun / Openoffice.org 's approxEqual(a,b) > is not even symmetric in a and b which I think is *really wrong* > ((S's somewhat related all.equal.numeric() method *is* symmetric))
Glad to be of help Martin. What would be interesting, is to see an independent review of the statistical functions in OOo Calc and Gnumeric as has been done for Excel. Perhaps McCullough (who has done many of the published articles on Excel) or someone else with the time might do this at some point. I raise this given the increasing presence of Linux and/or OOo, especially in light of some of the recent high profile wins over MS such as Munich. I can envision a situation where OOo Calc and Gnumeric are increasingly used in place of Excel as the "application of choice" where basic statistics are being taught and used. As Cryer stated in his review of Excel: "Friends don't let friends use Excel for statistics" ;-) Best regards, Marc ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help