Gabor Grothendieck wrote: ... >The fact that Excel has both an interactive interface and a script-based >interface whereas R has only a script-based interface puts it ahead, not >behind, R in at least some respects. > >
Sorry, but I can't resist: That very much depends on if you are doing something that is appropriate to be done in a spreadsheet. The set of tasks appropriate for R is very much larger than the set appropriate for Excel. http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/spreadsheet_addiction.html Patrick Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") ______________________________________________ [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
