On 1/29/19 10:05 AM, Alan Feuerbacher wrote:
Hi,
I recently learned of the existence of R through a physicist friend who
uses it in his research. I've used Octave for a decade, and C for 35
years, but would like to learn R. These all have advantages and
disadvantages for certain tasks, but as I'm new to R I hardly know how
to evaluate them. Any suggestions?
* C is fast, but with a syntax that is (to my mind) virtually
incomprehensible. (You probably think differently about this.)
* In C, you essentially have to roll your own for all tasks; in R,
practically anything (well ...) that you want to do has already
been programmed up. CRAN is a wonderful resource, and there's more
on github.
* The syntax of R meshes beautifully with *my* thought patterns; YMMV.
* Why not just bog in and try R out? It's free, it's readily available,
and there are a number of good online tutorials.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
--
Honorary Research Fellow
Department of Statistics
University of Auckland
Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
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