Re: [R] a philosophy R question

2010-11-21 Thread Erin Hodgess
- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Erin Hodgess Sent: Sunday, 21 November 2010 11:56 AM To: R help Subject: [R] a philosophy R question Dear R People: Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment, please

[R] a philosophy R question

2010-11-20 Thread Erin Hodgess
Dear R People: Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment, please? Which is correct, please? Thanks in advance, Sincerely, Erin -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto:

Re: [R] a philosophy R question

2010-11-20 Thread Santosh Srinivas
tests, time series analysis, classification, clustering, etc. http://cran.r-project.org/index.html -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Erin Hodgess Sent: 21 November 2010 07:26 To: R help Subject: [R] a philosophy R

Re: [R] a philosophy R question

2010-11-20 Thread Erin Hodgess
-Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Erin Hodgess Sent: 21 November 2010 07:26 To: R help Subject: [R] a philosophy R question Dear R People: Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment

Re: [R] a philosophy R question

2010-11-20 Thread Spencer Graves
, time series analysis, classification, clustering, etc. http://cran.r-project.org/index.html -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Erin Hodgess Sent: 21 November 2010 07:26 To: R help Subject: [R] a philosophy R question

Re: [R] a philosophy R question

2010-11-20 Thread Joshua Wiley
[with liberal snipping] Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment, please? Which is correct, please? I think the short answer is both. The long answer is it depends whether you are talking about the language or the program. Probably my favorite definition is by

Re: [R] a philosophy R question

2010-11-20 Thread Bill.Venables
To: R help Subject: [R] a philosophy R question Dear R People: Do we say that R is a programming language or a programming environment, please? Which is correct, please? Thanks in advance, Sincerely, Erin -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences