s-news
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [S] Does the new version of S-Plus fix num acc. and RNG problems?

To: ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian D Ripley)
Subject: Re: [S] Does the new version of S-Plus fix num acc. and RNG problems?
From: "Patrick Connolly" <P.Connolly@hort.cri.nz>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:27:18 +3600 (NZST)
Cc: s-news@wubios.wustl.edu (Snews)
In-reply-to: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9906302043560.14-100000@auk.stats> from "Prof Brian D Ripley" at Jun 30, 99 08:59:37 pm
Reply-to: "Patrick Connolly" <P.Connolly@hort.cri.nz>
Sender: owner-s-news@wubios.wustl.edu
According to Prof Brian D Ripley:
|> 
|> 
|> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, H. D. Vinod wrote:
 
|> > For an academic user like me, too many new versions are not good.
|> > We wish they will simply fix the older versions.
|> 
|> Who is the `we' that you are speaking for here? Isn't it a bit arrogant to
|> assume to speak for all academic users?  Some of use in world-class
|> universities try to keep up with the latest statistical methods, even to

Let's be fair.  It was "... an academic user like me ..." which I took
to be referring to a small group that makes no claim to be universal.

And to be fair, all other points regarding PRNGs are well made.

A very good topic to bring up.  Thank you all.

best

Patrick
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This message was distributed by s-news@wubios.wustl.edu.  To unsubscribe
send e-mail to s-news-request@wubios.wustl.edu with the BODY of the
message:  unsubscribe s-news

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>