Message-ID: <006301c95b23$a3f7f890$3a0b2c0a@gne.windows.gene.com>
Date: 2008-12-11T00:01:38Z
From: Bert Gunter
Subject: repeated searching of no-missing values
In-Reply-To: <f8e6ff050812101551u11736e01x75f9f95eb47a3856@mail.gmail.com>
Hadley:
Perhaps... But plyr works only on **basic** data structures, and I referred
to all **possible** data strucures (deliberately); so I stand by my
statement and note that you did not contradict it.
-- Bert
-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
Behalf Of hadley wickham
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:52 PM
To: Bert Gunter
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] repeated searching of no-missing values
> graphics,statistical analysis etc. as well as programming. There are just
> too many possible data structures to expect logical consistency in their
> handling throughout (if one can even define what that means in specific
> instances!).
I disagree with this claim: I think it is possible to create a logical
and consistent set of functions for working with the all basic data
structures in R, and this is what I have attempted to do with my plyr
package. Any remaining inconsistencies are due to my failings, not
the fundamental difficulty of the task.
Hadley
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http://had.co.nz/
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