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Re: Calculation glitch?

To: "Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw@merck.com>
Subject: Re: Calculation glitch?
From: rossini@blindglobe.net (A.J. Rossini)
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:12:59 -0700
Cc: s-news@lists.biostat.wustl.edu
In-reply-to: <3A822319EB35174CA3714066D590DCD504AF82B3@usrymx25.merck.com> (Andy Liaw's message of "Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:45:19 -0400")
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"Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw@merck.com> writes:

> See http://docs.python.org/ref/integers.html
> <http://docs.python.org/ref/integers.html> .  Python is a bit odd in this
> respect:  It's used mostly as a scripting language, so why does it have this
> feature, while most data analysis languages don't...

Because it is a mighty fine data analysis language?  (note that I
didn't say "statistical analysis language"...).

best,
-tony

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