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Hi R fans, I was trying to write some code in R when I realized that I was just writing a FORTRAN 77 style program in the R syntax, and hence coming nowhere near tapping the potential of R. I'm wondering what is a good reference that would help me get up to speed in programming in R (i.e., using these classes, methods, objects, accessor functions, and many other things I don't

Hi All, I am working on VBR fixed point conversion for our DSP processor and in the algorithm the MIN_ENERGY and some more terms which I am not able to understand how those numbers are derived. Can some one help me with some documentation on algorithm discription of VBR?. Regards, -Prasad

I'm looking into making R functions available from a Visual Basic application. Venables and Ripley point out in _S Programming_ that this is possible with automation via DCOM and by linking to R DLL(s) at compile time. I'm intrigued by the latter possibility, and would appreciate information anyone might be able to provide, especially: 1. Do I need to link to R.dll only or would I need other DLL's as well? 2. Wh...

Dear useRs, I recently began a job at a very large and heavily bureaucratic organization. We're setting up a research office and statistical analysis will form the backbone of our work. We'll be working with large datasets such the SIPP as well as our own administrative data. Due to the bureaucracy, it will take some time to get the licenses for proprietary software like Stata. Right