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Dear all, Playing with a toy problem, I wondered how much it costs to generate `internal' objects in a function that are not strictly needed. An example: mean(apply(t(matrix(as.vector(x) - x0 / h, , nrow=nrow(x), ncol=ncol(x))), c(2) epakern, dim)) / h^dim It would be more _readable_ if I defined the object inside the apply(), stick it there and rm() after, but my feeling is that creating it and than removing is costlier. (If the above structure is too simple, imagine something more complicated) Am I right, it does not matter, since it is created inside anyway? Another questio...

i've released the first beta of my e-book converter-tool. you are invited to throw stones at it (and at me) if you like: > http://jaguarps.com "beta" is a compromise. i developed it on a mac, so that particular version is solid. but "alpha" would be a better label for the status of the windows and linux versions, so if you have one of _those_ machines, and you

I'm curious how people think the following *should* be interpreted: - one 2. two http://babelmark.bobtfish.net/?markdown=-++one%0D%0A2.+two%0D%0A%0D%0A As you can see, implementations split into three groups here: (a) treat as an unordered list Markdown.pl, Python markdown, MultiMarkdown, BlueCloth, MarkdownJ, Showdown (b) treat as an unordered list with an ordered