>>>>> "PBR" == Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> commenting that subset was new to him, though he did say "list of >> functions in R". I'd searched through everything _else_ in the help >> system looking for such a glossary; I hadn't thought to look under >> *Packages*, as those are, of course, add-ons. PBR> `Of course' is incorrect here. Everything in R is in a package. Just my thinking at the time; once I realized that everything in R is a package, it occurred to me to look under the "packages" heading. But that was after reading the R Language Reference Manual, and working through a good bit of the Introduction To R. >> So a comment such as "For an index of R basic objects, see the >> 'base' package under *Packages*" on the help.start() index page >> would be helpful. PBR> But (as I originally pointed out), that is not a correct PBR> interpretation of `basic'. It might have been in R 1.8.0, but PBR> the 'base' package is now intended to support only some scripting PBR> operations (where speed is essential so it is minimal). Unlike PBR> Python, R is not primarily a scripting language. Oh -- I understand; thank you. In retrospect, I was looking for the things clueless (or cluefull) newcomers should be familiar with before coming and bothering R-help with clueless newcomer questions. I didn't mean to try your patience -- just to suggest a couple of links in the documentation so that well-written information that exists, and that *ought* to hit newcomers like a brick, would in fact hit us like a brick. PBR> The analogue of the Python Standard Library is I think the PBR> standard packages. Thank you! That's helpful. -- Patricia J. Hawkins Hawkins Internet Applications www.hawkinsia.com "blundering through software language manuals since 1979" ______________________________________________ [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
