"Shin, Daehyok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Con. Poor design for object-oriented programming, compared with > Python. I am quite sure that in the aspect of language design > Python is far better than MATLAB and R. Simple, elegant, and > powerful. S3 supports only a basic level of OOP, while S4 > introduced too complex mechanisms for it.
Bzzt... Different design, not worse design. It's from a different OOP heritage than C++/Java/Python-ish objects, and makes more sense if you come from a different set of computing languages. That being said, I happen to like Python an awful lot. best, -tony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.analytics.washington.edu/ Biomedical and Health Informatics University of Washington Biostatistics, SCHARP/HVTN Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center UW (Tu/Th/F): 206-616-7630 FAX=206-543-3461 | Voicemail is unreliable FHCRC (M/W): 206-667-7025 FAX=206-667-4812 | use Email CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachme...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
