On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 4:50 AM, cwdillon cwdil...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I've bee reading the R Manual, Nathan Yau's book on Flowing Data, and a
few others like this to my kids to get them to go to sleep. I started off
doing it the *wrong* way, just to keep it boring but slipped into doing it
Dear Clarence--
LOL! R really is good for an amazing range of things! How old are your
kids?
If no one else points to an intensional sample of vocal R, maybe you could
record one of your more inspired readings. It could be a service to the
community of R learners -- and if it catches on,
I wonder if reading C would work for those extra fussy nights? Of
course if it didn't work, I'm not sure how to explain the cries of,
but foo wasn't protected from the garbage collector! to the
neighbors...
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:03 AM, andrewH ahoer...@rprogress.org wrote:
Dear Clarence--
Dearfolks--
I have been told by an experienced R programmer and teacher whom I trust
that it is easier to understand R code if you read it aloud, as the language
that it is. However, she was clear that reading it aloud was not simply
reading the marks on the screen: you read A.df[5,] as the
Well, I've bee reading the R Manual, Nathan Yau's book on Flowing Data, and a
few others like this to my kids to get them to go to sleep. I started off
doing it the *wrong* way, just to keep it boring but slipped into doing it
the *correct* way for my own sanity. It puts the kids to sleep in no
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