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Hi all, Today I came across scoping in the R intro<http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#Scope> (after reading Robert Gentleman fortune<http://rfortunes.posterous.com/im-always-thrilled-when-people-discover-what> on lexical scooping) , and am very curious about the <<- assignment. The manual showed one (very interesting) example for "<<-", which I feel I understood. What I am still missing is the context of when this can b...

Hello Everyone,   Learning about R and its wonderful array of functions. If it's not obvious, I usually try to find out what a function stands for. I think this helps me remember better.   One function that has me stumped is "sink." Can anyone tell me if this stands for something?   Thanks,   Paul         __________________________________________________ [[alternative HTML