Charilaos Skiadas wrote: > And of course let's not forget that a particularly twisted individual > could overwrite "=": > > > `=` <- function(x,y) print(x+y) > > 3 = 4 > [1] 7 > > 3 <- 4 > Error in 3 <- 4 : invalid (do_set) left-hand side to assignment > > > I also was for a while mystified by the <- assignment, and preferred > = instead, but have since grown out of it, and now find <- more clear > (especially since it makes the separation between function arguments > and assignments clear). > > I now have a problem whenever I switch to another programming > language .... > Except APL, of course.
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