Message-ID: <1abe3fa9050412050134e6b69c@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2005-04-12T12:01:04Z
From: A.J. Rossini
Subject: R as programming language: references?
In-Reply-To: <425B9ABB.6070507@math.aau.dk>
On Apr 12, 2005 11:54 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at math.aau.dk> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Federico Calboli"
> > <f.calboli at imperial.ac.uk>
> > To: "r-help" <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:14 PM
> > Subject: [R] R as programming language: references?
> >
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I am looking for references on R as a programming language (apart form
> >> the standard R-lang.pdf and the other manuals), reference that would
> >> cover _in_depth_ things like loops, code optimisation, debugging tools
> >> etc... and is as up-to-date as possible.
> >>
> >> Can anyone suggest any book or other reference apart from the "green
> >> book" and the V&R "S-programming"?
>
> I think you've already got the best references.
There is always the source. In a sense, it IS the most in-depth and
up-to-date description of the intricacies of using the language,
though it isn't as easy to read as V&R's S Programming.
In-depth and up-to-date are tradeoffs rather than being complementary.
best,
-tony
"Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily
roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).
A.J. Rossini
blindglobe at gmail.com