Re: [Rd] Task views

2012-02-14 Thread Ravi Varadhan
bruary 13, 2012 4:32 AM To: Barry Rowlingson Cc: Hans W Borchers; r-devel Subject: Re: [Rd] Task views I feel compelled to rebuff Barry's attack on the word "Task Views". I think it is a fine description (I was not involved in originating it), though of course I'd be open to

Re: [Rd] Task views

2012-02-13 Thread Patrick Burns
I feel compelled to rebuff Barry's attack on the word "Task Views". I think it is a fine description (I was not involved in originating it), though of course I'd be open to better suggestions. "Look at all these things you can do with R" is also nice but lacks a certain amount of brevity. Pat O

Re: [Rd] Task views

2012-02-12 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 12-02-12 5:43 AM, Barry Rowlingson wrote: On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Patrick Burns wrote: Now it could be that people are not trying very hard to solve their own problems, but to be fair it is a pretty gruelling process to find the Task Views. May I suggest that there be a "Task View

Re: [Rd] Task views (was: Re: [R] Schwefel Function Optimization)

2012-02-12 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Patrick Burns wrote: > Now it could be that people are not trying > very hard to solve their own problems, but > to be fair it is a pretty gruelling process > to find the Task Views. > > May I suggest that there be a "Task Views" item > on the left sidebar of the

Re: [Rd] Task views

2012-02-11 Thread Paul Gilbert
On 12-02-11 01:10 PM, Uwe Ligges wrote: On 11.02.2012 18:55, Patrick Burns wrote: On 11/02/2012 08:25, Hans W Borchers wrote: Vartanian, Ara indiana.edu> writes: All, I am looking for ... Why is it necessary over and over again to point to the Optimization Task View? ... Now it could be

Re: [Rd] Task views

2012-02-11 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 11.02.2012 18:55, Patrick Burns wrote: On 11/02/2012 08:25, Hans W Borchers wrote: Vartanian, Ara indiana.edu> writes: All, I am looking for ... Why is it necessary over and over again to point to the Optimization Task View? ... Now it could be that people are not trying ve

[Rd] Task views (was: Re: [R] Schwefel Function Optimization)

2012-02-11 Thread Patrick Burns
On 11/02/2012 08:25, Hans W Borchers wrote: Vartanian, Ara indiana.edu> writes: All, I am looking for ... Why is it necessary over and over again to point to the Optimization Task View? ... Now it could be that people are not trying very hard to solve their own problems, but to