Comparing SPlus and R: a lesson in lexical scoping. If you consider to move to S, be aware of the following. Consider the piece of code: f <- function(x) { g <- function(y) { x + y } g(0) } What would be the result of calling f(10)? Try it in SPlus. They are too professional to make their product work well... r.ar
r at r.com writes: ... Why are you faking a "From:" address of R at R.com? There is no such domain. Single letter domain names like R.com (and R.net and R.org) are reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which is the reason that our domain is R-project.org and not R.org. Your message came through a Norwegian university Organization Name..........: Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Organization Number........: 974767880 Post Address...............: H?gskoleringen 1 Postal Code................: N-7491 Postal Area................: Trondheim Country....................: Norway after the first hop from nobody at localhost I am replying to the list because I can't reply to your apparent address.