Patrick Connolly wrote: > On Mon, 08-Dec-2008 at 02:05AM +0800, Berwin A Turlach wrote: > > |> G'day Wacek, > |> > |> On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:49:24 +0100 > |> Wacek Kusnierczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > |> > |> [....] > |> > >> there is, in principle, no problem in having a high-level language > |> > >> perform the computation in a logically consistent way. > |> > > > |> > > Is this now supposed to be a "Radio Eriwan" joke? As another saying > |> > > goes: in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, > |> > > in practice there is. > |> > > |> > no joke, sorry to disappoint you. > |> > |> Apparently it is, you seem to be a comedian without knowing it. :) > > I think this guy's a riot! Self-effacing humour is not easy to do, > but he's really good at it. That wonderful phrase a bit further back > in this thread where he referred to his 'fiercely truculent' whining > is one deserving preservation. > > It's a shame the brilliance is lost somewhat by the use a keyboard > that has no <Shift> key. I've found a lot of these wonderful musings > too much effort to read. I'm not familiar with exotic keyboard > layouts, but perhaps the Norwegian one uses <Shift> for something mere > non-Nordics wouldn't understand. Pity that. > >
sorry. i write so much nonsense i have no time to press the shift. if the lack of uppercase makes you skip my posts, the better for you. vQ ______________________________________________ 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.
