Thanks to all of the respondents for helpful (except one) and super-fast
replies!
I think the two packages differ more than I thought in terms of philosophy,
but I have been seduced by the potential power and graphics facilities
available in R (not to mention cost and cross-platform availability) so I'll
persevere.
M
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