> On 16 Dec 2015, at 17:42 , Hadley Wickham <h.wick...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Hadley Wickham <h.wick...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Martin Maechler
>> <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> [............]
>>>
>>>> You are missing the closing bracket on the boxplot()
>>>> command. Just finish with a ')'
>>>
>>> Hmm... I once learned
>>>
>>> '()' =: parenthesis/es
>>> '[]' =: bracket(s)
>>> '{}' =: brace(s)
>>>
>>> Of course, I'm not a native English speaker, and my teacher(s) /
>>> teaching material may have been biased ... but, as all three
>>> symbol pairs play an important role in R, I think it would be
>>> really really helpful, if we could agree on using the same
>>> precise English here.
>>>
>>> I'm happy to re-learn, but I'd really like to end up with three
>>> different simple English words, if possible.
>>> (Yes, I know and have seen/heard "curly braces", "round
>>> parentheses", ... but I'd hope we can do without the extra adjective.)
>>
>> I think this is what Americans are taught, but I can never remember
>> which is which. I use round brackets, square brackets, and squiggly
>> brackets, which are memorable, and even if you're not familiar with
>> the terms you can easily understand what I mean.
>
> I should mention that all three terms have accompanying arm motions ;)
>
I just wonder whether the original poster managed to brace himself for the
oncoming avalanche....
-pd
> Hadley
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