Re: [R] !0 + !0 == !0 - !0

2013-03-18 Thread Bert Gunter
Sam: Yes. Good point. (which is why my "??" was necessary). -- Bert On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Sam Steingold wrote: > > * Bert Gunter [2013-03-17 20:30:56 -0700]: > > > > I also think it fair to say that all (??) languages have these sorts > > of malapropisms due to operator precedenc

Re: [R] !0 + !0 == !0 - !0

2013-03-18 Thread Sam Steingold
> * Bert Gunter [2013-03-17 20:30:56 -0700]: > > I also think it fair to say that all (??) languages have these sorts > of malapropisms due to operator precedence. Except for those languages which do _not_ have "operator precedence". Like, e.g., Lisp. -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) o

Re: [R] !0 + !0 == !0 - !0

2013-03-18 Thread Charles Berry
Ben Bolker gmail.com> writes: > Maybe FAQ 7.31 was referred to not for its direct relevance but as > a measure of the "old-hand-ness" of the people who will get the joke. !1i|!0 Chuck __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/m

Re: [R] !0 + !0 == !0 - !0

2013-03-18 Thread Ben Bolker
Bert Gunter gene.com> writes: > > But this has nothing to do with 7.31 and everything to do with operator > precedence and automatic casting from integers to logical and vice-versa. > > I also think it fair to say that all (??) languages have these sorts of > malapropisms due to operator prece

Re: [R] !0 + !0 == !0 - !0

2013-03-17 Thread Bert Gunter
But this has nothing to do with 7.31 and everything to do with operator precedence and automatic casting from integers to logical and vice-versa. I also think it fair to say that all (??) languages have these sorts of malapropisms due to operator precedence. -- Bert On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 7:17

Re: [R] !0 + !0 == !0 - !0

2013-03-17 Thread Patrick Burns
Chuck, What an absolutely wonderful R Infernoism. Pat On 18/03/2013 02:17, Charles Berry wrote: Hi all, The subject line is TRUE. Today I accidentally typed rnorm(!0). My old eyes took a minute to focus clearly enough to see what I really typed and why I got '!0' random numbers instead of

[R] !0 + !0 == !0 - !0

2013-03-17 Thread Charles Berry
Hi all, The subject line is TRUE. Today I accidentally typed rnorm(!0). My old eyes took a minute to focus clearly enough to see what I really typed and why I got '!0' random numbers instead of '10' random normal numbers. If the subject line is disturbing, be assured that this is TRUE: !0^2