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I found the article the "Y of R" in the latest R news to be very interesting. It is certainly challenging me to learn more about how R works "under the hood" as the author states. What is less clear to me is whether this approach is primarily for teaching purposes or has a real world application. What is meant by "fragility of reliance on the function name defined as a

.../dev/hd?? and then remount as ext3? Or am I missing something? thanks! - -- Douglas J. Hunley (Linux User #174778) http://hunley.homeip.net/ http://linux.nf/ ~~ Now offering NO COST Linux admin services for the home user ~~ "That's the problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder." -Calvin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjsvbRMACgkQOPP+k4ZeTm2vvwCgj8R44ZKtksYuccy3Yw+PegeJ wxAAnjoUsobwGUPBvZ7Jb5RMTS/LqU6K =oFDa -----END PGP SIGNATURE...