Re: [R] R: Tools for thinking about data analysis and graphics

2010-10-07 Thread Greg Snow
greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- project.org] On Behalf Of Michael Friendly Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 3:06 PM To: R-help Subject: [R] R: Tools for thinking about data analysis and graphics I'm

[R] R: Tools for thinking about data analysis and graphics

2010-10-06 Thread Michael Friendly
I'm giving a talk about some aspects of language and conceptual tools for thinking about how to solve problems in several programming languages for statistical computing and graphics. I'm particularly interested in language features that relate to: o expressive power: ease of translating what

Re: [R] R: Tools for thinking about data analysis and graphics

2010-10-06 Thread Steve Lianoglou
Hi, On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Michael Friendly frien...@yorku.ca wrote:  I'm giving a talk about some aspects of language and conceptual tools for thinking about how to solve problems in several programming languages for statistical computing and graphics. For graphics, I'm guessing

Re: [R] R: Tools for thinking about data analysis and graphics

2010-10-06 Thread Michael Friendly
On 10/6/2010 6:14 PM, David Winsemius wrote: Graphics: I realize you were focusing on language but the graphical tools are extremely important if one is describing how data exploration and summarization is done effectively. Well, I'm focusing on the language features that make it easy or

Re: [R] R: Tools for thinking about data analysis and graphics

2010-10-06 Thread Hadley Wickham
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Michael Friendly frien...@yorku.ca wrote:  I'm giving a talk about some aspects of language and conceptual tools for thinking about how to solve problems in several programming languages for statistical computing and graphics. I'm particularly interested in

Re: [R] R: Tools for thinking about data analysis and graphics

2010-10-06 Thread Jeffrey Spies
Hi, Michael, When I teach/preach on R, I emphasize the language's focus on data, both in its objects and operations. It might seems basic, but it's fundamental to most of the features you and others have mentioned. As a statistical programming language, what we intend to do with R is often very

Re: [R] R: Tools for thinking about data analysis and graphics

2010-10-06 Thread Joshua Wiley
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Jeffrey Spies jsp...@virginia.edu wrote: Hi, Michael, When I teach/preach on R, I emphasize the language's focus on data, both in its objects and operations. It might seems basic, but it's fundamental to most of the features you and others have mentioned. As a