Re: R vs S/S+

["Gunter, Bert" <bert_gunter@merck.com>]

All:

Brian Ripley said:

>As for a book, I am biased, but there is a book called `S Programming'
>by Venables & R-something-or-the-other which covers all three dalects.
>Whether that is the right starting point depends on whether you really
>want to program or use existing applications.

IMHO Brian is too careful (!!!). I consider the book ESSENTIAL for anyone
doing any programming at all in R/S. I strongly and unreservedly recommend
it to readers of this list.

Cheers,

Bert Gunter
Biometrics Research RY 70-38
Merck & Company