And here one is very much inclined to chirp in and say, "A matchless Wacek
strikes again."
Regards, and thanks to all for a most entertaining (and enlightening)
thread.
Wacek Kusnierczyk wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>
> as an afterthought, patrick: i have already promised to keep my tongue
> behind my teeth, but I'd like it to be a fair deal -- please try not to
> provoke. ain't bovvered, but maybe you're getting unnecessarily
> personal, and it's really telling more about you than about me. i'd
> suggest that you actually read the funny quote at the bottom of your own
> post (and kept in the foot of this post).
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>
> oncE you'rE sO couRageous to strIke at tHis leveL, YOU mAy wish to
> con.ta.ct the developeRs of the r base package. maybe we could avoid
> having to navigate between design features such as fun and FUN, NA and
> is.na, colMeans and colnames, Map and lapply, ifelse and tryCatch, and
> other sorts of typographical adhockery. can you find brilliance in
> this? is using these not too much effort for you?
>
> vQ
>
>
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