Thank you for your perspective . . . I see what you mean, and that's actually more or less how I had interpreted Professor Ripley's remarks. I'll have to investigate further the advantages of using S4 classes in my work. I suspect they'll eventually prove their worth. Thanks again for the clarification. SC
Quoting "Liaw, Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sam, > > What BDR meant (I believe) is that it depends on _how_ you intend to use R, > not what your background is. If you are going to develop code using the new > S4 classes, the green book will be relevant. If you are going to use R for > data analysis, there's probably little to gain by reading the green book. > > Best, > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Chapman > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:16 AM > > To: Prof Brian Ripley > > Cc: Thomas Lumley; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [R] The "Green" Book? > > > > > > Thank you for your responses. I should have mentioned that I > > am new to R, but > > not to programming. Nevertheless, the insights are valued and > > appreciated! > > > > > > Quoting Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Thomas Lumley wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Sam Chapman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > [A quote from `An Introduction to R' has been excised here] > > > > > > > > There is no mention of 'Programming with Data: A Guide > > to the S Language' > > > by > > > > > John M. Chambers. Is this newest ("Green") book also > > suitable as a > > > reference > > > > > for R? Thank you for your time and attention! > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes. The system implemented in the "methods" package is > > not identical to > > > > that in the Green Book, but it's pretty similar. > > > > > > Well, it is suitable as reference for programmers using the > > "methods" > > > package in R, not quite the question asked. At the level of `An > > > Introduction to R' it is not really a suitable reference as > > it has limited > > > coverage at that level. (The Green Book itself recommends > > other books for > > > end users.) > > > > > > -- > > > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > > > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > > > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > > > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Sam Chapman > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains > information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New > Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the > United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as > Banyu) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally > privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity > named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have > received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail > and then delete it from your system. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Sincerely, Sam Chapman ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
