[R] How are R version types named ? Any convention (like Hurricanes etc)
With reference to R News News: R version 3.0.0 (Masked Marvel) has been released on 2013-04-03. R version 2.15.3 (Security Blanket) has been released on 2013-03-01 R version 2.15.2 (Trick or Treat) R version 2.15.1 (Roasted Marshmallows) ... R version 2.15.0 (Easter Beagle) R version 2.14.0 (Great Pumpkin) Dear R help List, How are these version types named? Masked Marvel comes after Security Blanket comes after Trick or Treat comes after Roasted Marshmallows. Is it some convention like that for Hurricanes in the West. It is totally incomprehensible to me as I am in India. Sincerely, Ajay Ohri Author- R for Business Analytics http://www.amazon.com/R-Business-Analytics-A-Ohri/dp/1461443423 Founder- Decisionstats.com http://decisionstats.com __ R-help@r-project.org 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.
Re: [R] How are R version types named ? Any convention (like Hurricanes etc)
On 04/25/2013 07:46 PM, Ajay Ohri wrote: With reference to R News News: R version 3.0.0 (Masked Marvel) has been released on 2013-04-03. R version 2.15.3 (Security Blanket) has been released on 2013-03-01 R version 2.15.2 (Trick or Treat) R version 2.15.1 (Roasted Marshmallows) ... R version 2.15.0 (Easter Beagle) R version 2.14.0 (Great Pumpkin) Dear R help List, How are these version types named? Masked Marvel comes after Security Blanket comes after Trick or Treat comes after Roasted Marshmallows. Is it some convention like that for Hurricanes in the West. It is totally incomprehensible to me as I am in India. Hi Ajay, My guess is that these correspond roughly to the levels of enlightenment that can be attained by mortals. We begin with the being having no concept of enlightenment. A pumpkin, however great, is as Freud might have said, only a pumpkin. A beagle, despite its lowly concept of nirvana, which it considers to be a place full of bones and interesting things to sniff, has begun to climb that long, long ladder. At first we might think of a marshmallow as a step backward on the road to supernal knowledge, but if we consider it as the plight of a being impaled upon a black birch twig, its essence floating upward with the smoke from the campfire, it is easy to see that this spasm of suffering is the prelude to its own spiritual ascent. Trick or treat signifies the problem of the initiate. So many ways are open, so many promises made. Which way leads to the goal? The seeker may cast about for a Security Blanket, some apparently firm basis upon which to regain one's bearings. The Masked Marvel is the true way, always concealed from all but those who have cast off the earthly delights of black box statistical packages and devoted their lives to the study of R. In future versions, we will no doubt see further occult signs that will lead us in the right direction if only we remain true to our noble and transcendent mission. Okay, I think they are mostly from comic book characters. Jim __ R-help@r-project.org 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.
Re: [R] How are R version types named ? Any convention (like Hurricanes etc)
I am not sure but it looks suspiciously like a set of references to the comicstrip Peanuts by Charlie Shultz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts John Kane Kingston ON Canada -Original Message- From: ohri2...@gmail.com Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:16:17 +0530 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] How are R version types named ? Any convention (like Hurricanes etc) With reference to R News News: R version 3.0.0 (Masked Marvel) has been released on 2013-04-03. R version 2.15.3 (Security Blanket) has been released on 2013-03-01 R version 2.15.2 (Trick or Treat) R version 2.15.1 (Roasted Marshmallows) ... R version 2.15.0 (Easter Beagle) R version 2.14.0 (Great Pumpkin) Dear R help List, How are these version types named? Masked Marvel comes after Security Blanket comes after Trick or Treat comes after Roasted Marshmallows. Is it some convention like that for Hurricanes in the West. It is totally incomprehensible to me as I am in India. Sincerely, Ajay Ohri Author- R for Business Analytics http://www.amazon.com/R-Business-Analytics-A-Ohri/dp/1461443423 Founder- Decisionstats.com http://decisionstats.com __ R-help@r-project.org 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. GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM EMAIL - Learn more at http://www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and most webmails __ R-help@r-project.org 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.
