Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-04-01 Thread peter dalgaard
[This is drifting somewhat awy from the original intention of the topic, I think]. This looks like a build dependency. I get 3.3.2 (yeah, I know, should upgrade): > (1+2i)/0 [1] NaN+NaNi R-devel, march 24: > (1+2i)/0 [1] Inf+Infi on the *same* machine. The difference is that one is stock CR

Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-31 Thread Berend Hasselman
> On 31 Mar 2017, at 19:28, John McKown wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Berend Hasselman wrote: > > I have noted a difference between R on macOS en on Kubuntu Trusty (64bits) > with complex division. > I don't know what would happen R on Windows. > > R.3.3.3: > > macOS (10.11.6

Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-31 Thread John McKown
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Berend Hasselman wrote: > > I have noted a difference between R on macOS en on Kubuntu Trusty (64bits) > with complex division. > I don't know what would happen R on Windows. > > R.3.3.3: > > macOS (10.11.6) > - > > (1+2i)/0 > [1] NaN+NaNi > > (-1

Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-31 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 31.03.2017 19:15, Berend Hasselman wrote: I have noted a difference between R on macOS en on Kubuntu Trusty (64bits) with complex division. I don't know what would happen R on Windows. R.3.3.3: macOS (10.11.6) - (1+2i)/0 [1] NaN+NaNi (-1+2i)/0 [1] NaN+NaNi 1i/0 [1]

Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-31 Thread Berend Hasselman
I have noted a difference between R on macOS en on Kubuntu Trusty (64bits) with complex division. I don't know what would happen R on Windows. R.3.3.3: macOS (10.11.6) - > (1+2i)/0 [1] NaN+NaNi > (-1+2i)/0 [1] NaN+NaNi > > 1i/0 [1] NaN+NaNi > 1i/(0+0i) [1] NaN+NaNi KubuntuTru

Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-31 Thread Ista Zahn
The only place I've noticed differences is in encoding and string sorting, both of which are locale and library dependent. Best, Ista On Mar 31, 2017 8:14 AM, "Neil Salkind" wrote: > Can someone please direct me to an answer to the question as to how R > differs for these two operating systems,

Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-31 Thread peter dalgaard
File encodings differ when you move outside of standard ASCII code. Not really R's problem, but it is a fly in the ointment when teaching classes with mixed laptop armoury and there are also differences between classroom and desktop computers. RStudio does have features to switch encodings, but

Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-30 Thread David Winsemius
> On Mar 30, 2017, at 8:40 PM, Boris Steipe wrote: > > I can't remember having seen my students write code that runs correctly on > one platform but not the other. Obviously under the hood there are > significant differences, but as far as code goes, R seems quite foolproof. > There are GUI d

Re: [R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-30 Thread Boris Steipe
I can't remember having seen my students write code that runs correctly on one platform but not the other. Obviously under the hood there are significant differences, but as far as code goes, R seems quite foolproof. There are GUI differences in base R - but AFAIK no such differences in the RStu

[R] Difference between R for the Mac and for Windows

2017-03-30 Thread Neil Salkind
Can someone please direct me to an answer to the question as to how R differs for these two operating systems, if at all? Thanks - Neil __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLE