On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Carl Witthoft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "From: Yihui Xie <xieyihui_at_gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:32:35 +0800 > > Wow, you are so lazy... But sometimes R is just designed for lazy guys... " > > > Yeah, well, laziness is the mother of creativity :-) . > But seriously: I know far too many engineers who plug madly away for > hours/days on end, where I would just stop, take a breath, figure out a > method or mini-algorithm, and get the job done quick and easy. That's what > R is for.
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