The Origins of R
Indeed. The postings exuded a tabloid-esque level of slimy nastiness.
Indeed, indeed. But I do not feel that that is necessarily the case. Credit should be given where credit is due. And that, I believe is the issue that is getting (some) people hot and bothered. Certainly, Trevor Hastie in his reply to the NY Times article, was not too happy with this aspect of the story. Granted, his comments were not made on this list, but the objection is essentially the same. I would not call what he had to say "Mischief making" or smacking of a "tabloid-esque level of slimy nastiness." The knee-jerk reaction seems to be that this is a criticism of R. It is not. It is a criticism of a poorly researched article. It also is an undeniable and inescapable fact that most S code runs in R. Regards, Mark.
Rolf Turner-3 wrote:
On 4/02/2009, at 2:00 PM, Thomas Adams wrote:
John, I certainly had that same impression of "mischief making" ? I would call it trolling with the intent of trying to discredit R, its developers & contributors. "Mischief making" indeed! Regards, Tom John Maindonald wrote:
In another thread on this list, various wild allegations have been made, relating to the New York Times article on R. I object both to the subject line and to the content of several of the messages, and will not repeat or quote any of that content. It smacks to me of mischief making.
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