> * R. Michael Weylandt <zvpunry.jrlyn...@tznvy.pbz> [2012-08-28 17:30:06 > -0500]: > >> In my experience, the one point I've needed it was after freeing >> multiple very large objects when hitting memory limits.
that's what I am doing. >> Rewriting that code to use functions rather than as one long >> imperative slog was a real performance win. interesting. > Note that according to R FAQ 3.3.3, this is actually something > intentionally different from S(+) so someone must have decided it was > important at one point. Without any reference, I'd imagine this > matches scheme, as most R scoping rules do. People who compare R to scheme are flattering R. :-) R might be a step in the right direction from S, but no cigar yet. -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) X 11.0.11103000 http://www.childpsy.net/ http://honestreporting.com http://memri.org http://americancensorship.org http://camera.org http://pmw.org.il Life is a sexually transmitted disease with 100% mortality. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
