Re: [R] difference between Primitive and Generic

Edna Bell wrote: Dear R Gurus: What is the difference between a Primitive and a Generic, please? They are talking about different things (though both look like functions): generic talks about the user interface, primitive talks about the internal implementation. A generic is a functio

[R] difference between Primitive and Generic

Dear R Gurus: What is the difference between a Primitive and a Generic, please? Thanks, Edna Bell __ 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.