Paul Gilbert wrote: > > Martin Maechler wrote: > > >>>>>>>"UweL" == Uwe Ligges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>> on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:56:10 +0100 writes: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >> >> UweL> Petr Pikal wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> >> >> On 6 Feb 2006 at 15:57, ivo welch wrote: >> >> >> >> Date sent: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:57:30 -0500 >> >> From: ivo welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: Sean Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED], r-help >> <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: [R] R loop >> >> >> >> >> >>>>> data[ data$a == "name2" ] # does not work and gives a weird >> >>>>> result, yuck >> >>>> >> >>>> data[data$a=="name2",] >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> sorry about this. I believe a few versions back, one could not subset >> >>> data frames, so I did not even check what I wrote. Works now. >> >> >> >> >> >> It depends on what you consider few versions back. I started with R >> >> vesion 1.2.0 about 10 years >> >> UweL> I bet 200$ (or EUR) you have not used R 10 years ago. ;-) >> >> > > Is that an open bet or just for Petr?
Was intended just for Petr, I know Martin came in very early and would not have made a bet for him. I try not to waste money. ;-) Uwe > >> UweL> People certainly remember the 1.0.0 release at the remarkable day >> UweL> 29-FEB-2000. >> UweL> 1.2.0 was released in December 2000, about 5 years ago. >> UweL> I started with 0.62.x in 1998. >> UweL> The oldest version I found on CRAN is a pre-alpha R.sea.hqx for the >> Mac >> UweL> dated 07-Nov-1996. >> >>Eehm; that has a wrong date (or then it would not be pre-alpha): >>I've always entertained the prehistoric directory of R sources >>at ftp://stat.ethz.ch/Software/R/alpha/PreHistoric/ >>and its oldest file is >> Name Size Date >> R-0.1alpha.tar.gz 861464 Feb 12 1996 >> >> > > I'm pretty sure I was using R 0.16 in the fall of 1996 on Linux, which > was when I got dse largely converted from S. I had a slightly earlier > version in the spring of 1996 on Solaris. (I think the numbering would > have been 0.11 -0.15 in the spring of 1996.) I don't think the > numbering was the same on other platforms. > > >>(which will be 10 years coming Sunday -- what a jubilee!!) >>So, even that is not pre-alpha; and yes, that was a bit before CRAN existed. >> >>Now to the pre-alpha history. I've digged some more and found >> >>1) that the mac file mentioned above would have >> correct date 'Nov 6 1995' (at least that's the date I saved >> when I looked at the Auckland FTP server through Emacs ange-ftp). >> >>2) The oldest stuff that I have is all from 1995; >> The source I (think I) had first used is dated June 20 1995; >> notably the R-unix-src.tar.gz with accompanying README and >> INSTALL files >> (There was also ./win subdirectory which I did not use, with >> files all from July 15, 1995; AFAIK done by Robert Gentleman) >> >>I've now put a bit of these oldest files into >> ftp://stat.ethz.ch/Software/R/alpha/PreHistoric/pre-alpha/ >> >>3) I've kept an e-mail that Ross had sent me on July 28 with >> two small patches to the (June 20) sources. >> >> Yes, chances are pretty high that I was the first one outside >> of the Auckland(NZ)-community to actively use R. >> >> > > I wouldn't be really sure of that (but it's a fair bet). > > >>Note it might be interesting to find even older sources, but that >>would most probably have to be by Robert and Ross (or a >>sysadmin at Auckland). >> >> > > I used to have some floppy disks somewhere... > > Paul Gilbert > > >>Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich >> >>______________________________________________ >>[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 >> >> > > ==================================================================================== > > La version française suit le texte anglais. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This email message from the Bank of Canada is given in good faith, and shall > not be > binding or construed as constituting any obligation on the part of the Bank. > > This email may contain privileged and/or confidential inform...{{dropped}} > > ______________________________________________ > [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 ______________________________________________ [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
