"Berton Gunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Or, maybe there's something I don't understand about the >> algorithm being used. > > Indeed! So before making such comments, why don't you try to learn about > it? > Doug Bates is a pretty smart guy, and I think you do him a disservice > when > you assume that he somehow overlooked something that he explicitly warned > you about. I am fairly confident that if he could have made the problem go > away, he would have. So I think your vent was a bit inconsiderate and > perhaps even intemperate. The R Core folks have produced a minor miracle > IMO, and we should all be careful before assuming that they have > overlooked > easily fixable problems. They're certainly not infallible -- but they're a > lot less fallible than most of the rest of us when it comes to R.
I meant no disrespect to Doug Bates or any of the R Core folks. I thought what I wrote had a "neutral" tone and was respectful. I am sorry if anyone was offended by my comments and suggestions. I am certainly thankful for all the hard work that has gone into developing R. efg ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
